Prague  - A Czech artist's contribution to a European Union- wide art project to be unveiled in Brussels on Monday mocks Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic and global warming doubter, a report said Saturday.

The Lidove Noviny daily reported that a Czech piece in a giant jigsaw representing the 27 members of the EU features Klaus's controversial statements running on a display set in blue background.

"I don't know anything about that," said Klaus's spokesman Radim Ochvat.

The 8-ton artwork, partially paid by the Czech state, is to be on display at a seat of the Council of the European Union during the country's presidency of the bloc lasting through June 30.

Klaus, who claims that global warming is not man-made and costly measures to curb it are a waste, promoted his views in a book titled Blue Planet in Green Shackles.

Artist David Cerny told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa by telephone from Brussels that he was adding the finishing touches to his piece, which was "likely" to be unveiled Monday, but declined to give details.

Cerny, known for his disapproval of the Czech president's views, is famous for his original, provocative and attention-grabbing work.

He painted a Soviet tank pink soon after communism fell in what was then Czechoslovakia nearly two decades ago and immersed a model of a nearly-naked and bound Saddam Hussein in a tank of formaldehyde at a time when Muslims worldwide were protesting against Danish cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed. (dpa)