Brian Hugh Warner, umeleckým menom Marilyn Manson, je americký hudobník a umelec, známy svojou extravagantnou pódiovou osobnosťou a imidžom lídra rovnomennej kapely. Jeho umelecké meno vzniklo spojením mien herečky Marilyn Monroe a usvedčeného vraha Charlesa Mansona. Jeho tvorba sa vyznačuje provokatívnym obsahom a jedinečným vizuálnym štýlom, ktorý spochybňuje spoločenské normy a tabu. Mansonova hudba a umenie často skúmajú témy ako odcizenie, náboženstvo a zneužívanie moci, čím si vybudoval kultový status v alternatívnej hudobnej scéne.
Marilyn Manson describes the bizarre collection of characters that formed his persona during a frightened Christian childhood. The Long Hard Road out of Hell is a journey from hospital emergency rooms via jail cells to music business stardom.
Every generation needs an outlaw, and as a new millennium began, Marilyn Manson was America's Most Wanted. Like a computer game come to life, he's playing a role and inviting us to join his fantasy world. This is his story, in his own words.
To mark the exhibiion in the projectspace of the Kunsthalle Wien, this catalogue is published, containing many watercolours by Marilyn Manson and films by David Lynch that formally are very emotional and soft in appearance.