Friedman Benda
515 West 26th Street, 212-239-8700
Chelsea
September 17 - October 17, 2009
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First-ever major New York exhibition for the Austrian-born artist, including painting and documentary film.  Merging imagery of the familiar with that of the unexpected or uncomfortable, Helnwein’s work evokes suspense, storytelling, dreamscape, and live theater. The work continues to explore themes of lost innocence and beauty and captures the emotive dynamism of his most powerful work to date.