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Prince of Deception

Der Schwindelprinz
Prince of Deception
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Prince of Deception
Christian Ludwig Attersee, Der Schwindelprinz, 1967/2003, Kartonkassette mit 13 Fotos, 84 × 65 × 4 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 11852
© Bildrecht, Wien 2026
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
This is the English text for C. Contact: Reproabteilung.

  • Prince of Deception

  • Date1967/2003
    • Artist Christian Ludwig Attersee (geboren 1940 in Pressburg/ Bratislava)
  • Object typePhoto portfolio
  • MediumKartonkassette mit 13 Fotos
  • Dimensions
    84 × 65 × 4 cm
  • SignatureBetitelt unter der Darstellung: ATTERSEE; DER / SCHWINDELPRINZ
  • Inventory number11852
  • Location Currently not on display
  • Credit LineSchenkung des Künstlers

  • Artist, musician, poet, set designer, and more—Christian Ludwig Attersee has been a singular figure and phenomenon within the Austrian art scene since the 1960s. Embedded in a network extending from Viennese Actionism and the Wiener Gruppe to the Neue Wilde, Attersee developed an unmistakable visual language. His humorous exaggerations transform kitsch into fetish, while hedonism and erotic exuberance tip over into irony. Following the conventions of advertising and popular culture, he established an overarching image around his diverse artistic practices that also manifested in his own persona as an artist. As the Prince of Deception, the artist—wearing nothing but leather boots and holding a rose and a fan—plays with images of gender, role clichés, and their fluidity using his characteristic mix of wit and bold sexual innuendo.
    • 2019 Schenkung des Künstlers, Wien
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