/internal/media/dispatcher/126008/fullAttersee the Prince of Deception1968/2003[Christian Ludwig Attersee]Christian Ludwig Attersee 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.Photography© Bildrecht, Wien 2026https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/89291/rdf