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HELMUT KAND - ROAD TO EAST
Message by the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer

What would international relations be without cultural exchange?
The works of the Austrian surrealists and the so called fantastic realists are without doubt well-received and appreciated as interesting art exhibits abroad.
With his two exhibitions in Indonesia, Professor Helmut Kand has successfully contributed to the promotion of understanding between cultures and has made an important aspect of Austrian art accessible to an interested audience far beyond the borders of our country.
I wish all visitors of this exhibition a delightful tour through Helmut Kands fantastic world of imagery.

AUSTRIAN FEDERAL PRESIDENT Heinz Fischer

Kands uncompromising approach is brilliantly effective. An exotic medley, a brightly patterned world of attraction.

ARTS REVIEW, London

These Paintings are the hottest thing in art. Helmut sets the art world on fire.

SUN, London

Cyprus

Many of his works are inspired by the Greek islands - not surprising, as he is at home both in Vienna and on the Cycladic island of Ios.

CYPRUS WEEKLY, Nikosia

Canada

Austrian painter Helmut Kand evokes a wave of enthusiasm in the viewer with his feeling of "joie de vivre".

Chatham Cultural Centre, Ontario

The viewer is first of all struck by the splendour of the colours, and by the multitude of motifs in the paintings of this artist.

Timmins Museum, Ontario

USA

Vienna Suite Kands arousing of desires and satisfaction in his works.

Alex Kahan Fine Arts, New York

Australia

The contrast between urbanisation and untouched nature, tradition and progress in the idyllic Greek landscape is an increasingly important aspect of his work.

Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne

A symbol language which sometimes appears full of secrets and begs to be unravelled.

STAGES, Melbourne

Japan

The language of Helmut Kand is one of universal understanding, this being one of the sources of his success around the world.

Seibu, Tokyo

Advance dreamer of an alternative reality.

Tokyo Art Expo, Tokyo

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

Bali in the eyes of an Austrian Kands works, which are dominated by bright colors, show his optimistic way of thinking and preference for the warmness of Bali. Kand has been rewarded with a membership in the exclusive Foreign Born Indonesian Artists circle.

JAKARTA POST