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Austrian sculptor Hrdlicka dies aged 81
Provocative Austrian sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka has died aged 81, according to Austrian media reports.
One of his most famous works is a cast-iron sculpture of a prostrate figure covered in barbed wire, which is permanently on display in Vienna.
He sometimes caused controversy – Vienna’s cardinal ordered the removal of one of his exhibitions from St Stephens Cathedral in 2008.
It depicted Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals at an orgy.
Alfred Hrdlicka (German pronunciation: [?alf?e?t ?h?dl?t?ka]; 27 February 1928 in Vienna – 5 December 2009) was an Austrian sculptor, draughtsman, painter and artist. His surname is sometimes written Hrdli?ka.
After learning to be a dental technician from 1943 to 1945, Hrdlicka studied painting until 1952 at the Akademie der bildenden Künste under Albert Paris Gütersloh and Josef Dobrowsky. Afterwards he studied sculpture until 1957 under Fritz Wotruba. In 1960 he had his first exhibition in Vienna; in 1964 he attained international attention as a representative of Austria in the architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy.
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