Joan Danziger | |
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Born | 1934 New York City |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Sculpture |
Website | joandanziger |
Joan Danziger (born 1934 New York City) [1] is an American sculptor. She is known for her large sculptures of beetles and hybrid human-animals.
Danziger grew up in Queens. [2] She graduated from Cornell University with a B.F.A., and studied at the Art Students League, and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome. [3]
Her work has been shown at the Morris Museum, Rutgers University, and the New Jersey State Museum. Her work is in: the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [4] the National Museum of Women in the Arts Reading Public Museum, Reading PA, Childrens Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Susquehanna Art Museum. [3] She is known for her large sculptures of beetles [5] [6] and hybrid human-animal forms. [7]
She resides and works in Washington, D.C. [6]
Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson. [8]
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