“The man-made world is constructed through human interaction, even the streets and sidewalks. But we take it for granted. This work is about not taking it for granted.” – Lewis Stein, Mousse, 2017 Lewis Stein (b. 1945; d. 2022) was a conceptually oriented artist active across various mediums. After studying at MIT and the University of California, Berkeley, from 1968 Stein lived and worked in New York City.