Fanning the Fear
Joshua Neustein
2003
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New York, United States of America
Creator Bio
Joshua Neustein
b. 1940
Joshua Neustein was born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), Poland. He studied painting at the Pratt Institute in New York and emigrated to Israel in 1964, where he taught at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. Neustein played a prominent role in the development of Environmental and Conceptual Art in Israel. He collaborated with the artist Georgette Batlle on several conceptual artworks. In 1995, he represented Israel at the Venice Biennale with Possessed Library, and in 1996, his installations, known as Ash Cities, were exhibited in Winston Salem, N.C.; Cleveland; Berlin; Warsaw; and Israel. Neustein moved back to New York in 1979.
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