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Barton Lidice Beneš (November 16, 1942, Hackensack, New Jersey – May 30, 2012, New York) was an artist who lived and worked in New York City.

He studied at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York and Beaux-Arts, Avignon, France.^[1][2]

Early life

Before Beneš attended Pratt Institute, he lived with his grandparents in Brooklyn, New York.

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As a teenager he made the U.S. Olympic speed skating team, while smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. It became clear around 17 years old that Beneš had a flair for the contradictory, and the romantic. He would often walk around the city bare foot saying “I thought it was romantic to be a pig”.

Around this time in his life Beneš would sneak out and go to a mob-run gay bar named New Colony.

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While spending time there he was asked to complete an installation for customers to view. After being hired for his first piece he was given a job designing window installations for New Colony. While working for New Colon