Artist Uri Katzenstein passed away at the age of 67

The artist Uri Katzenstein passed away last night (Fri) At the age of 67 Following a stroke.

Katzenstein, statue, Creates video art and performance, He was one of the leading contemporary artists in Israel and has presented exhibitions in major museums around the world. Among other things, he won the Dizengoff Prize and the Art Biennale award in Buenos Aires.. In honor of his winning the Dan Sandel Prize for Sculpture in 2014, his exhibition was exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum two years ago “Backyard”, which included a selection of his work over the years. Alongside his exhibitions and performances, he has been involved in a variety of projects in Israel, including the rock opera. “Samara” Of Hillel Mittelpunkt and The Revenge of the Tractor and the Home Show by Renana Raz.

Katzenstein was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv and completed his art studies at the San Francisco Art Institute.. Then in the 1980s he moved to New York, There he lived and worked for a period of time. From the very beginning of his career he was known for his extreme performance work, These include, among other things, nail eels to the floor or perform blood-drinking rituals. Later in his career, he was behind quite a few well-known video works in which “The Brothers' Family” (2000), and experimental works that combine sculpture and music as well as sound machines. For the past two decades he has taught art at the University of Haifa.

The Installations, His video and sculpture works have been exhibited at the Israel Museum, among others., Chelsea Museum of Art in New York, Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Venice and São Paulo Biennales. His performance works have been exhibited in London theatres and galleries, Berlin, San Francisco and Moscow.