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Lars Vilks (1946–2021) was a Swedish sculptor, art historian, blogger, and university teacher. He was educated at Lund University and worked at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and the University of Bergen. His professional focus included conceptual art, painting, drawing, and caricature, and he was associated with the mail art movement.
Vilks authored five works, including *Myndigheterna som konstnärligt material*, *Konst och konster*, *Nimis*, *Det konstnärliga uppdraget?*, and *Art*. He died in Markaryd from accidental causes resulting from a car collision. He spoke Swedish.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Myndigheterna som konstnärligt material
- Konst och konster
- Nimis
- Det konstnärliga uppdraget?
- Art
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Lars Endel Roger Vilks , ( 1946-06-20 ) 20 June 1946, Helsingborg , Sweden
- Died
- 3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) (aged 75), Markaryd , Sweden
- Education
- Lund University
- Known for
- Muhammad drawings controversy
- Notable work
- Nimis (1980), Arx (1991), Muhammad drawings (2007)
- Style
- Conceptual art , Sculpture, Site-specific art
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Endel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Markaryd
- Occupation
- art theorist
- Educated at
- Lund University
- Employer
- University of Bergen
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Field of work
- art criticism
- Movement
- mail art
- Image
- Lars Vilks (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Lars Vilks
- date of birth
- 1946-01-01
- date of death
- 2021-01-01
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- car collision
- name in native language
- Lars Vilks
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Encyclopedic overview
Lars Endel Roger Vilks (20 June 1946 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. Many years earlier he had created the sculptures Nimis and Arx, made of driftwood and rock, respectively. The area where the sculptures are located was proclaimed by Vilks as an independent country, "Ladonia".
Early life and academic career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lars Vilks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.