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Helnwein is a monumental monograph that presents a sweeping overview of Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein’s provocative and psychologically intense body of work. Spanning over 400 pages, the book showcases his drawings, watercolors, large-scale hyperrealistic paintings, performances, and installations from the 1970s through the 1990s. Known for confronting themes such as childhood trauma, war, Nazism, and cultural repression, Helnwein’s imagery is both haunting and meticulously crafted. Essays by renowned thinkers—including William S. Burroughs, Heiner Müller, Peter Selz, and Klaus Honnef—offer critical and philosophical insights, framing his art as a mirror to collective memory and a challenge to moral complacency. Designed as a trilingual (English, German, French) edition, this book stands as the most comprehensive and visually arresting publication on Helnwein to date.