Over a humpback bridge, past a religious grotto, down a rain-swept driveway, Gurteen Castle looms in the mist. Expand Close Artist Gottfried Helnwein with wife Renate at Gurteen Castle. Photo: David Conachy / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Artist Gottfried Helnwein with wife Renate at Gurteen Castle. Photo: Mary MulqueenThroughout history, most art had depicted children as serene, but Helnwein's early work featured little girls, blood spattered or with deformed faces. Marcel Duchamp said art is a bipolar product, 50pc is the artist, 50pc is the viewer.

Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2021 02:26 UTC