Animal rights activists have filed a complaint against Austrian enfant terrible Hermann Nitsch over his current exhibition in Sicily featuring dead animals on crucifixes, a spokeswoman for the artist said Thursday. Nitsch is one of Vienna’s famed ‘Actionists’, a radical 1960s avant-garde movement whose members are known for skinning animal carcasses, tying up human bodies and using blood, mud and urine in their works. The 76-year-old is best known for his long-running Orgies Mysteries Theatre, a performance-based show representing slaughters and religious sacrifices. The latest edition of the exhibition, which opened in the city of Palermo in Sicily last Friday, sparked outrage among animal rights groups who accused Nitsch of blasphemy and inciting violence. The exhibition was a ‘shame’ for Palermo and in violation of the

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