Israeli-born Uri Katzenstein received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and moved to New York City, where he worked throughout the 1980s. His early performance work was regularly presented at The Kitchen, No-Se-No, 8BC, Danceteria, and other legendary venues. His work in sculpture, video, and installation has been exhibited as the Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg; the Chelsea Art Museum; Kunsthalle Dusseldorf; and the Israel Museum. Katzenstein participated in the São Paulo Biennale (1991), the Venice Biennale (2001), the Buenos Aires Bienal (first prize, 2002), and the Istanbul Biennial (2005).
This mizraḥ (an ornamental wall plaque used to indicate the direction of Jerusalem) includes a map of the Land of Israel surrounded by sacred sites and vistas. These elaborate mizraḥ sheets were often…
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