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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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-Helnwein was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. Her father is Austro-Irish artist [[Gottfried Helnwein]].<ref name="Rooms with view">{{Cite web |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-access=subscription |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 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</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" />
+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" />
 == Art ==
-Helnwein creates large-scale drawings, most of which are done with black pencil, colored pencils, or pastels. Helnwein's art debuted in 2003, 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 2010, [[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=":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> 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" />
+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>
 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>
 == Writing ==
-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"/>
+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>
-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>
-Discussing her 2021 novel, ''Slingshot'', Helnwein says, "The secrets of suburbia, the surface fakeness, have always been interesting to me."<ref name=":0" />
-==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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