The Great Vehicle

Philip Rantzer

2001

Mixed media work featuring stack of buildings on bicycle.
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Philip Rantzer

b. 1958

Romanian-born artist Philip Rantzer immigrated to Israel in 1960. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in Israel, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Romania, and he represented Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1999. Since 1988, Rantzer has served as a professor in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Haifa.

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