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Mercedes Helnwein (born November 12, 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker.^[1] She was born in Vienna, Austria and primarily lives and works in Los Angeles.^[2]^[3]

Early life

Helnwein was born in Vienna, Austria.^[1] Her father is Austro-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein.^[4]^[5] She and her brothers, Cyril, Ali, and Wolfgang Amadeus, often modeled for their father's work as children,^[6] whose works often included nightmarish depictions of war and exploitation.^[7] As children, Mercedes and her siblings were given the freedom to express themselves, and she developed a style distinctively hers.^[7]

Art

Helnwein has no formal art training,^[8] but, growing up, she interacted with art figures such as Andy Warhol and Keith Haring through her father's connections.^[1] She creates large-scale drawings, most of which are done with black pencil, colored pencils, or pastels.^[8] Helnwein's art debuted in 2000,^[7] with one of her first group exhibitions curated in Downtown Los Angeles by actor Jason Lee.^[9] In 2007 Helnwein's New York solo exhibition debut, Untitled (Self-Portrait With Ribbon) at Bespoke Gallery.^[10] Rachel Wolff, writing for Vulture, suggested Helnwein's "immaculately executed drawings play out like dramatically lit, attractively cast indie flicks."^[10]

Helnwein has exhibited over ten solo exhibits and over a dozen group exhibits.^[2] In 2005, Damien Hirst acquired Helnwein's collections "East of Eden," "Strange Days," and "Whistling Past the Graveyard" which were then presented at A Gallery in London.^[9]^[11] The Molesworth Gallery hosted its first solo exhibit of Helnwein's work in 2007.^[12] The Molesworth Gallery hosted its second solo exhibit of Helnwein's work in 2009, "Whistling past the graveyard."^[13] Helnwein's "Temptation to be Good," a series of drawings in oil pastels, was exhibited at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in 2010,^[11] and in 2012, Helnwein's work was again shown at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in her solo show, "Make It Dark."^[9] The Molesworth Gallery, in 2014, exhibited Helnwein's "No Way Home,"^[14]^[15] and it also made available her monograph of the same name.^[14]^[16] In 2017, Edward Hopper House held a solo exhibit of Helnwein's oil pastel, "Chaos Theory."^[17]^[18]^[19]

Helnwein also contributed art for stickers included in Beck's 2006 album, The Information.^[20]

Writing

In 2004, Helnwein's travelogue, "Devil Got Religion," covered the 15-day road trip with Alex Prager and Beth Riesgraf for their "America Motel" installation.^[4] In 2008 her debut novel, The Potential Hazards of Hester Day, was published by Simon & Schuster.^[21]^[22]

Discussing her 2021 novel, Slingshot, Helnwein says, "The secrets of suburbia, the surface fakeness, have always been interesting to me."^[7]^[23]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mercedes Helnwein". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2009 – via Gale Literature Resource Center.
^ ^a ^b Gelt, Jessica (October 16, 2011). "The Helnwein siblings' artful life in L.A.". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
^ "Mercedes Helnwein: Temptation to be Good". Juxtapoz. December 30, 2013. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Gelt, Jessica (April 8, 2004). "Rooms with a view of America's heartland". Los Angeles Times. pp. E.16. ProQuest 421889092. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Haramis, Nick (November 13, 2007). "The New Literary Enfant Terrible: Mercedes Helnwein". BlackBook. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
^ Haramis, Nicholas (December 7, 2014). "The Helnweins Will See You Now". The New York Times Magazine. pp. 146, 148, 150. ISSN 0028-7822. ProQuest 1634180871.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lynch, Dónal (October 29, 2021). "Mercedes Helnwein: 'It almost feels like walking into a painting. It's mind-blowingly beautiful and it will always be home'". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Parentela, Claudio (June 15, 2007). "Interview with Mercedes Helnwein". The Extra Finger. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dugas, Keith (November 20, 2012). "People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein's 'Make It Dark' at Merry Karnowsky Gallery". Cartwheel Art. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Wolff, Rachel (July 3, 2007). "Making Cindy Sherman Proud". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Seidler, Heather (June 21, 2011). "Ladygunn Surprise Issue: Mercedes Helnwein". Ladygunn. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
^ "Exhibitions - New Works - Mercedes Helnwein". The Molesworth Gallery. 2007. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ "Exhibitions - Whistling past the graveyard - Mercedes Helnwein". The Molesworth Gallery. 2009. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Helnwein. No way home". Meer. March 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ "Exhibitions - No Way Home - Mercedes Helnwein". The Molesworth Gallery. 2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ Helnwein, Mercedes (2014). Mercedes Helnwein: No Way Home. Added commentary by Shana Nys Dambrot. Corte Madera: Gingko Press. ISBN 9781937222277. OCLC 872733375.
^ "Chaos Theory: Mercedes Helnwein" (PDF). Edwards Hopper House. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ Perry, Carole (2017). "Mercedes Helnwein: Chaos Theory" (PDF). Edward Hopper House. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ Helnwein, Mercedes; Perry, Carole (2017). Chaos Theory. Claremont, CA: ZERO+ Publishing. ISBN 9781937222468. OCLC 1004260014.
^ "Beck - The Information - Project Notes - Project Credits - Sticker Images". bigactive.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009.
^ "The Potential Hazards of Hester Day by Mercedes Helnwein". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
^ Helnwein, Mercedes (2008). The Potential Hazards of Hester Day. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781416574668. OCLC 163603154.
^ Helnwein, Mercedes (2021). Slingshot. New York: Wednesday Books. ISBN 9781250253002. OCLC 1151090411.

External links

Official website

[:5-1] "Mercedes Helnwein". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2009 – via Gale Literature Resource Center.

[:3-2] Gelt, Jessica (October 16, 2011). "The Helnwein siblings' artful life in L.A.". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

[3] "Mercedes Helnwein: Temptation to be Good". Juxtapoz. December 30, 2013. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015.

[Rooms_with_view-4] Gelt, Jessica (April 8, 2004). "Rooms with a view of America's heartland". Los Angeles Times. pp. E.16. ProQuest 421889092. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[blackbook-5] Haramis, Nick (November 13, 2007). "The New Literary Enfant Terrible: Mercedes Helnwein". BlackBook. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2010.

[6] Haramis, Nicholas (December 7, 2014). "The Helnweins Will See You Now". The New York Times Magazine. pp. 146, 148, 150. ISSN 0028-7822. ProQuest 1634180871.

[:0-7] Lynch, Dónal (October 29, 2021). "Mercedes Helnwein: 'It almost feels like walking into a painting. It's mind-blowingly beautiful and it will always be home'". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

[:6-8] Parentela, Claudio (June 15, 2007). "Interview with Mercedes Helnwein". The Extra Finger. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[:2-9] Dugas, Keith (November 20, 2012). "People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein's 'Make It Dark' at Merry Karnowsky Gallery". Cartwheel Art. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

[:4-10] Wolff, Rachel (July 3, 2007). "Making Cindy Sherman Proud". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

[:1-11] Seidler, Heather (June 21, 2011). "Ladygunn Surprise Issue: Mercedes Helnwein". Ladygunn. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

[12] "Exhibitions - New Works - Mercedes Helnwein". The Molesworth Gallery. 2007. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[13] "Exhibitions - Whistling past the graveyard - Mercedes Helnwein". The Molesworth Gallery. 2009. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[:7-14] "Helnwein. No way home". Meer. March 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[15] "Exhibitions - No Way Home - Mercedes Helnwein". The Molesworth Gallery. 2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[16] Helnwein, Mercedes (2014). Mercedes Helnwein: No Way Home. Added commentary by Shana Nys Dambrot. Corte Madera: Gingko Press. ISBN 9781937222277. OCLC 872733375.

[17] "Chaos Theory: Mercedes Helnwein" (PDF). Edwards Hopper House. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[18] Perry, Carole (2017). "Mercedes Helnwein: Chaos Theory" (PDF). Edward Hopper House. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[19] Helnwein, Mercedes; Perry, Carole (2017). Chaos Theory. Claremont, CA: ZERO+ Publishing. ISBN 9781937222468. OCLC 1004260014.

[20] "Beck - The Information - Project Notes - Project Credits - Sticker Images". bigactive.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009.

[21] "The Potential Hazards of Hester Day by Mercedes Helnwein". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2024.

[22] Helnwein, Mercedes (2008). The Potential Hazards of Hester Day. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781416574668. OCLC 163603154.

[23] Helnwein, Mercedes (2021). Slingshot. New York: Wednesday Books. ISBN 9781250253002. OCLC 1151090411.

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-{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}'''Mercedes Helnwein''' (born 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She was born in Vienna, Austria.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 30, 2013 |title=Mercedes Helnwein: Temptation to be Good |url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/mercedes-helnwein-temptation-to-be-good |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528014424/http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/mercedes-helnwein-temptation-to-be-good |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |work=[[Juxtapoz]]}}</ref>
+{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}'''Mercedes Helnwein''' (born November 12, 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |year=2009 |series=[[Contemporary Authors]] |language=en |chapter=Mercedes Helnwein |via=Gale Literature Resource Center}}</ref> She was born in Vienna, Austria and primarily lives and works in Los Angeles.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gelt |first=Jessica |date=October 16, 2011 |title=The Helnwein siblings' artful life in L.A. |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-oct-16-la-ca-helnweins-20111016-story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524-030433/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-oct-16-la-ca-helnweins-20111016-story.html |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 30, 2013 |title=Mercedes Helnwein: Temptation to be Good |url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/mercedes-helnwein-temptation-to-be-good |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528014424/http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/mercedes-helnwein-temptation-to-be-good |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |work=[[Juxtapoz]]}}</ref>
-==Biography==
+==Early life==
+Helnwein was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=":5" /> Her father is Austro-Irish artist [[Gottfried Helnwein]].<ref name="Rooms with view">{{Cite news |last=Gelt |first=Jessica |date=April 8, 2004 |title=Rooms with a view of America's heartland |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-08-wk-ungallery8-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127-155623/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/apr/08/news/wk-ungallery8 |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=June 5, 2013 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |pages=E.16 |id={{ProQuest|421889092}}}}</ref><ref name="blackbook">{{Cite news |last=Haramis |first=Nick |date=November 13, 2007 |title=The New Literary Enfant Terrible: Mercedes Helnwein |url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/the-new-literary-enfant-terrible/1546 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209224018/http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/the-new-literary-enfant-terrible/1546#When:17:01:00Z |archive-date=February 9, 2011 |access-date=January 1, 2010 |work=[[BlackBook]]}}</ref> She and her brothers, Cyril, Ali, and Wolfgang Amadeus, often modeled for their father's work as children,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haramis |first=Nicholas |date=December 7, 2014 |title=The Helnweins Will See You Now |access-date= |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |pages=146, 148, 150 |issn=0028-7822 |id={{ProQuest|1634180871}}}}</ref> whose works often included nightmarish depictions of war and exploitation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Dónal |date=October 29, 2021 |title=Mercedes Helnwein: 'It almost feels like walking into a painting. It's mind-blowingly beautiful and it will always be home' |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/mercedes-helnwein-it-almost-feels-like-walking-into-a-painting-its-mind-blowingly-beautiful-and-it-will-always-be-home/40989396.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524020120/https://www.independent.ie/life/mercedes-helnwein-it-almost-feels-like-walking-into-a-painting-its-mind-blowingly-beautiful-and-it-will-always-be-home/40989396.html |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> As children, Mercedes and her siblings were given the freedom to express themselves, and she developed a style distinctively hers.<ref name=":0" />
-Mercedes Helnwein was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. Her father is Austro-Irish artist [[Gottfried Helnwein]].<ref name="Rooms with view">Jessica Gelt (April 08, 2004) [http://articles.latimes.com/2004/apr/08/news/wk-ungallery8 "Rooms with a view of America's heartland"], ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved 2013-06-05.</ref> She and her brothers, Cyril, Ali, and Wolfgang Amadeus, often modeled for their father's work as children, whose works often included nightmarish depictions of war and exploitation.
+== Art ==
-As children, Mercedes and her siblings were given the freedom to express themselves, and she developed a style distinctively hers.
+Helnwein has no formal art training,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Parentela |first=Claudio |date=June 15, 2007 |title=Interview with Mercedes Helnwein |url=http://theextrafinger.blogspot.com/2007/06/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219161959/http://theextrafinger.blogspot.com/2007/06/ |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=The Extra Finger}}</ref> but, growing up, she interacted with art figures such as [[Andy Warhol]] and [[Keith Haring]] through her father's connections.<ref name=":5" /> She creates large-scale drawings, most of which are done with black pencil, colored pencils, or pastels.<ref name=":6" /> Helnwein's art debuted in 2000,<ref name=":0" /> with one of her first group exhibitions curated in Downtown Los Angeles by actor [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dugas |first=Keith |date=November 20, 2012 |title=People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein's 'Make It Dark' at Merry Karnowsky Gallery |url=http://www.cartwheelart.com/2012/11/20/people-are-strange-mercedes-helnweins-make-it-dark-at-merry-karnowsky-gallery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201024602/http://www.cartwheelart.com/2012/11/20/people-are-strange-mercedes-helnweins-make-it-dark-at-merry-karnowsky-gallery/ |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=Cartwheel Art |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2007 Helnwein's New York solo exhibition debut, ''Untitled (Self-Portrait With Ribbon)'' at Bespoke Gallery.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Wolff |first=Rachel |date=July 3, 2007 |title=Making Cindy Sherman Proud |url=https://www.vulture.com/2007/07/making_cindy_sherman_proud.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322073602/https://www.vulture.com/2007/07/making_cindy_sherman_proud.html |archive-date=March 22, 2014 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en}}</ref> Rachel Wolff, writing for [[Vulture (website)|Vulture]], suggested Helnwein's "immaculately executed drawings play out like dramatically lit, attractively cast indie flicks."<ref name=":4" />
+Helnwein has exhibited over ten solo exhibits and over a dozen group exhibits.<ref name=":3" /> In 2005, [[Damien Hirst]] acquired Helnwein's collections "East of Eden," "Strange Days," and "Whistling Past the Graveyard" which were then presented at A Gallery in London.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Seidler |first=Heather |date=June 21, 2011 |title=Ladygunn Surprise Issue: Mercedes Helnwein |url=http://www.ladygunn.com/art-3/ladygunn-surprise-issue-mercedes-helnwein/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525042038/http://ladygunn.com/art-3/ladygunn-surprise-issue-mercedes-helnwein |archive-date=May 25, 2013 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=Ladygunn |language=en-US}}</ref> [[The Molesworth Gallery]] hosted its first solo exhibit of Helnwein's work in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=Exhibitions - New Works - Mercedes Helnwein |url=https://molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/61-new-works-mercedes-helnwein/overview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525220846/https://molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/61-new-works-mercedes-helnwein/overview/ |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=[[The Molesworth Gallery]] |language=en}}</ref> The Molesworth Gallery hosted its second solo exhibit of Helnwein's work in 2009, "Whistling past the graveyard."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Exhibitions - Whistling past the graveyard - Mercedes Helnwein |url=https://molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/60-whistling-past-the-graveyard-mercedes-helnwein/overview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201175712/https://molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/60-whistling-past-the-graveyard-mercedes-helnwein/overview/ |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=[[The Molesworth Gallery]] |language=en}}</ref> Helnwein's "Temptation to be Good," a series of drawings in oil pastels, was exhibited at the [[The Merry Karnowsky Gallery|Merry Karnowsky Gallery]] in 2010,<ref name=":1" /> and in 2012, Helnwein's work was again shown at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in her solo show, "Make It Dark."<ref name=":2" /> The Molesworth Gallery, in 2014, exhibited Helnwein's "No Way Home,"<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2014 |title=Helnwein. No way home |url=https://www.meer.com/en/8238-helnwein-no-way-home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525213655/https://www.meer.com/en/8238-helnwein-no-way-home |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=Meer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Exhibitions - No Way Home - Mercedes Helnwein |url=https://molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/22-no-way-home-mercedes-helnwein/overview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321043814/https://molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/22-no-way-home-mercedes-helnwein/overview/ |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=[[The Molesworth Gallery]] |language=en}}</ref> and it also made available her [[monograph]] of the same name.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Helnwein |first=Mercedes |title=Mercedes Helnwein: No Way Home |publisher=Gingko Press |others=Added commentary by Shana Nys Dambrot |year=2014 |isbn=9781937222277 |location=Corte Madera |language=en |oclc=872733375}}</ref> In 2017, [[Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home|Edward Hopper House]] held a solo exhibit of Helnwein's oil pastel, "Chaos Theory."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=<em>Chaos Theory</em>: Mercedes Helnwein |url=https://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/uploads/5/4/7/4/5474766/ehhpress_release_chaostheory_mercedeshelnwein_final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525-222655/https://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/uploads/5/4/7/4/5474766/ehhpress_release_chaostheory_mercedeshelnwein_final.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=[[Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home|Edwards Hopper House]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Carole |date=2017 |title=Mercedes Helnwein: <em>Chaos Theory</em> |url=http://edwardhopperhouse.org/uploads/5/4/7/4/5474766/mercedeshelnwein_chaos-theory_edwardhopperhouse.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525-222455/http://edwardhopperhouse.org/uploads/5/4/7/4/5474766/mercedeshelnwein_chaos-theory_edwardhopperhouse.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=[[Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home|Edward Hopper House]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Helnwein |first=Mercedes |title=Chaos Theory |last2=Perry |first2=Carole |publisher=ZERO+ Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=9781937222468 |location=Claremont, CA |language=en |oclc=1004260014}}</ref>
-She says , "Secrets of suburbia, the surface fakeness, have always been interesting to me"   <ref name="blackbook">Haramis, Nick (Dec/Jan 2008). “The New Literary Enfant Terrible.” ''Blackbook''. Retrieved 2010-01-04 at http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/the-new-literary-enfant-terrible/1546#When:17:01:00Z</ref>
+Helnwein also contributed art for stickers included in [[Beck|Beck's]] 2006 album, ''[[The Information (Beck album)|The Information]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beck - The Information - Project Notes - Project Credits - Sticker Images |url=http://www.bigactive.com/art-direction-and-design/music/beck/the-information |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204184157/http://www.bigactive.com/art-direction-and-design/music/beck/the-information |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |website=bigactive.com}}</ref>
-Helnwein creates large-scale drawings, most of which are done with black pencil, colored pencils, or pastels.
+== Writing ==
-Helnwein's art debuted in 2003, with her first group exhibition hosted in Downtown Los Angeles by actor [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]].<ref>''People are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s ‘Make it Dark’ at Merry Karnowsky Gallery'', by Keith Dugas, cartwheel, November 20, 2012 [http://www.cartwheelart.com/2012/11/20/people-are-strange-mercedes-helnweins-make-it-dark-at-merry-karnowsky-gallery/]</ref>
+In 2004, Helnwein's travelogue, "Devil Got Religion," covered the 15-day road trip with Alex Prager and [[Beth Riesgraf]] for their "America Motel" installation.<ref name="Rooms with view"/> In 2008 her debut novel, ''The Potential Hazards of Hester Day'', was published by [[Simon & Schuster]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=The Potential Hazards of Hester Day by Mercedes Helnwein |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781416574668 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140859/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4165-7466-8 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2024 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Helnwein |first=Mercedes |title=The Potential Hazards of Hester Day |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2008 |isbn=9781416574668 |location=New York |language=en |oclc=163603154}}</ref>
+Discussing her 2021 novel, ''Slingshot'', Helnwein says, "The secrets of suburbia, the surface fakeness, have always been interesting to me."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Helnwein |first=Mercedes |title=Slingshot |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|Wednesday Books]] |year=2021 |isbn=9781250253002 |location=New York |language=en |oclc=1151090411}}</ref>
-Mercedes Helnwein contributed art to the 2006 [[Beck]] album, ''[[The Information (Beck album)|The Information]]''.<ref>Beck, ''The Information'', Art Direction and Design, http://www.bigactive.com [http://www.bigactive.com/art-direction-and-design/music/beck/the-information]</ref>
-In 2010, [[Damien Hirst]] acquired the entire work of Helnwein's "Whistling Past the Graveyard" show, staged by Fraser Scott, director of A Gallery in London.<ref>''Ladygunn Surprise Issue: Mercedes Helnwein'', by Heather Seidler, June 21, 2011 [http://ladygunn.com/art-3/ladygunn-surprise-issue-mercedes-helnwein]</ref>
-In 2004, her travelogue, "Devil Got Religion," covered the 15-day road trip with Alex Prager and [[Beth Riesgraf]] for their "America Motel" installation.<ref name="Rooms with view"/>
-Her debut novel, ''The Potential Hazards of Hester Day'', was released in February 2008 by [[Simon & Schuster]].<ref>''The Potential Hazards of Hester Day'', Mercedes Helnwein Author, ''Publishers Weekly'', November 5, 2007 [http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4165-7466-8]</ref>
-==Selected reviews==
-* ''The Helnwein Siblings' Artful Life in LA'', by Jessica Gelt, ''Los Angeles Times'', Oct 16, 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=The Helnwein siblings' artful life in L.A. |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/16/entertainment/la-ca-helnweins-20111016 |website=Los Angeles Times |date=16 October 2011}}</ref>
-* ''Making Cindy Sherman Proud'', by Rachel Wolff, ''New York Magazine'', July 3, 2007<ref>{{cite web |title=Making Cindy Sherman Proud |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/07/making_cindy_sherman_proud.html |website=Vulture |date=July 3, 2007 |language=en-us}}</ref>
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