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  • About
    • History/Present >
      • Construction
    • Staff/Trustees >
      • Trustees - Private
    • FAQ
    • Rent The House
  • VISIT
    • A Walking Tour of Edward Hopper's Nyack
    • Things to do in the Rockland / Nyack area
    • Metro-North Getaways Program
  • Support & Membership
    • DONATE
    • Membership
    • Sponsorship
    • Our Supporters
  • Learn
    • Sanborn-Hopper Family Archive
    • About Edward Hopper >
      • Myths & Legends
      • Hopper-related Links
      • 2011: A Year of Edward Hopper
      • Edward Hopper House and the making of an artist (video)
      • Hopper Happens (2011 & 2012)
      • Hopper's NYC Studio
    • Writing With Hopper
    • Teen Leadership - Nighthawks >
      • Nighthawks ARTifacts Project
    • Arts Education Program
    • Internship Programs
    • Docent Program
    • Artistic Curiosity Scholarships
    • Teacher/Student Resources
  • Exhibitions
    • Currently on View >
      • Object Lessons
      • Thirty Seven
      • Edward Hopper's Bedroom: Reimagined
    • Upcoming Exhibitions >
      • Terry Rosenberg
      • Adrien Broom: Holding Space
    • Past exhibitions >
      • 2020
      • 2019 >
        • Rodney Smith
        • Hopper Through Photography
        • John Morton: Place of Origin
        • Michael Banning: Hopper / Hammershøi
        • Alastair Noble: Message In A Bo(a)ttle
        • Holly Zausner and Mott Hupfel: Unsettled Matter
        • Angela Fraleigh: Shadows Searching For Light
      • 2018 >
        • Milton Glaser: Landscape Prints
        • Claudia Alvarez: Boy in a Room
        • Sean Scully: No Words
        • Carrie Mae Weems Beacon
      • 2017 >
        • Richard Tuschman Hopper Meditations
        • Mercedes Helnwein CHAOS THEORY:
        • Rock, Paper, Scissors
      • 2016 >
        • David LaChapelle: Gas Stations
        • Side by Side: Robert Natkin and Judith Dolnick
        • Where We Are Standing: Contemporary Women Artists from Iran
      • 2015
      • 2014 >
        • Jo Hopper - Grace De Coeur 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012 >
        • Kari Lindstrom dance performance
      • 2011
      • 2010
      • 2009
      • 2008
    • Sculpture in the Garden
  • Programs
    • Calendar
    • Special Programs >
      • Sail Through Art History
      • Nighthawks Magic
      • Nyack Record Shop Project
      • Hopper Scenes
      • Bridgman/Packer "Voyeur"
      • Special Programs - PAST
    • Free First Fridays
    • For Seniors
    • For Families
    • Art Talks
    • Films in the Garden
    • Jazz in the Garden 2020
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    • Arts Education - Ellis Sotheby's 2020
    • Spring Benefit 2020
    • Arts Education - Ellis Sotheby's 2019
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    • Spring Benefit 2018
    • Arts Education - Ellis Sotheby's 2017
    • Spring Benefit 2017 - Art, Architecture, And A Study Center Rises
    • Arts Education - Ellis Sotheby's 2016
    • Spring Benefit 2015 - Hopper on the Hudson
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EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER

Mercedes Helnwein: CHAOS THEORY

May 26 – August 6, 2017

With her series of oil pastels entitled Chaos Theory, Mercedes Hellnwein (b. 1979) seeks to capture “the weight of quiet moments, and the triggers for chaos buried in them… the domestic cosmos and its fallout.” Born in Austria, Helnwein now divides her time between Ireland and Los Angeles. The “American way of life” – seen from a European perspective – plays a big part in her work. She focuses on suburban American adolescence: living rooms, Halloween, prom, family members, and television sets, looking at these scenes of daily life through a “claustrophobic” lens. The stories depicted take on an obsessive quality as she returns to the subjects over and over to capture the accidental emotions that these moments betray. Helnwein will also be showing two films, Cops, and Nurses, which present enigmatic and disquieting scenes of mundane workplace interactions. This exhibition is curated by Carole Perry.  A fully illustrated catalogue is available.  Click here for catalogue information.  (Scroll down for installation photos)
​Support for this exhibition has been generously provided by Victoria Hertz and Rod Greenwood. Additional support has been provided by The Time Nyack, and BV’s Grill.
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Credit for all images: Courtesy of the Artist
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Mercedes Helnwein, "Halloween III" 2016, Oil pastel on paper, 49 x 63 1/2 in.
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Mercedes Helnwein, "Street" 2014, Oil pastel on paper, 49 x 75 in.
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Mercedes Helnwein, "Crash" 2015, Oil pastel on paper, 26 x 31 3/4 in.
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Mercedes Helnwein, "Parents" 2016, Oil pastel on paper, 27 ¾ x 26 ¼ in.
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Mercedes Helnwein, "Toastmasters" 2015, Ink and oil pastel on paper, 17 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.

Installation

Opening Reception - May 25, 2017
photos by Robyn Silverstein


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​Edward Hopper House is supported in part with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.