{"product_id":"15950-thomas-helbig","title":"Thomas Helbig","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans-Plain; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003eMany of the early works by Thomas Helbig (*1967) bring about a sense of claustrophobia. Combining painted found objects and fragments, his dark vegetal sculptures seem to produce terrifying figures that look as if they could have come out of one of Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings. The artist’s pastose “portraits” from this period subvert clear spatial structures and the faces of those portrayed; through their artistic aggression, they transport a sense of horror at the human condition.\u003cBR\u003eThe works Helbig has produced in the past two years—the focus of this volume—however, seem altogether less gloomy. His brightly colored chalk drawings, for instance, feature fragile structures reminiscent of the symbols of nature in Japanese scrolls. The Hobbes quote in the book’s title, \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHomo homini lupus,\u003c\/I\u003e seems to have been employed here for its original, neutral meaning: the human being in his natural state.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans-Plain; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans-Plain; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2 face=TheSans\u003eExhibition schedule: Kunstverein Oldenburg April 4–May 25, 2008\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874915971336,"sku":"9783775721646","price":39.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775721646_dae874db-7cd2-46af-bbaf-c5c538be1e00.jpg?v=1744141210","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/15950-thomas-helbig","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}