Controversial Argentinian Artist León Ferrari Has Died, Age 92

THE ART NEWSPAPER
By Javier Pes

Untitled from the series Relecturas de la Biblia (Rereadings of the Bible), 1986

ARGENTINA---The controversial conceptual artist León Ferrari, whose work famously upset the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis, due to its anti-clerical message, worked in many media, including wood, wire, concrete and collage. Born in Buenos Aires in 1920, Ferrari began his career as an engineer. He became one of Argentina's best-known artists for work that often combined religious iconography with erotic and violent imagery that called attention to abuses of power, not least by the Catholic Church. A retrospective of his work in Buenos Aires in 2004, which attracted thousands of visitors, was temporarily closed by court order after protests about its anti-Catholic content. [link]