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Attersee der Schwindelprinz. Ein Braut, ein Sauce

Belvedere 21
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Attersee the Prince of Deception
Date1968/2003

Artist Christian Ludwig Attersee (geboren 1940 in Pressburg/ Bratislava)

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Object typePhoto
Dimensions
Foto: 30 × 23,5 cm
SignatureBez. links unten in der Darstellung: 3 EIN BRAUT, EIN SAUCE; num. links unten: 3/3; sign. und dat. rechts unten: ATTERSEE 2003
Inventory number11852/3
Location Belvedere 21
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.

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2019 Schenkung des Künstlers, Wien

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