Yaacov Agam
Yaacov Agam ( Hebrew יעקב אגם; * May 11, 1928 in Rishon LeZion , Israel ) is an Israeli visual artist and representative of kinetic art .
life and work
Agam, born as Yaacov Gipstein , is the son of a strictly religious rabbi and Kabbalist . From 1946 to 1949 he studied fine arts at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem with Mordecai Ardon , a Bauhaus student, from 1949 in Switzerland , in Zurich at the arts and crafts school with Johannes Itten , a former Bauhaus teacher he also provides impulses from Max Bill's aesthetic and mathematical theories and the concrete-constructive art movement that emerged in the first half of the 20th century. In 1951 he went to Paris , where he lived until 2017. He has lived in Tel Aviv since his return to Israel.
He studied at the Atelier d'art abstrait and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . In 1953 he had his first solo exhibition at the Craven Gallery. Two years later he took part in the first international exhibition of kinetic art in the Denise René gallery in Paris. In 1964 Yaacov Agam participated in documenta III in Kassel .
Agam began to be interested in kinetic elements as early as the early 1950s. He worked with various media, which he combined into total works of art. Both sound and tactile images were created, which changed when touched, as well as works in which sound, light and water elements were combined (Musikfontaine La Defense , Paris 1976). Agam often made use of acrylic , the light and color permeability of which gave him new design possibilities.
His artistic perspective is documented in a constant search for possible connections between art and technology, between form and color. The result was fan-shaped, relief-like pictures based on Op Art , which were perforated and into which one could therefore have a look. Every position of the viewer changed the work of art, the viewer became the "co-creator" of art.
Honourings and prices
- 1963 Sao Paulo Biennale (Prize for Research in Art)
- 1970 Festival Internationale de la peinture Cagnes-sur-Mer (First Prize)
literature
- Yaacov Agam: Texts by the Artist . Translated by Hans G. Schürmann. Griffon, Neuchatel 1962. (With record Transformes musicales .)
- Yaacov Agam: Pictures and Sculptures. Catalog. Municipal art gallery, Düsseldorf 1973.
- Yaacow Agam and Bernard Mandelbaum: Art and Judaism. A Conversation Between Yaacov Agam and Bernard Mandelbaum. BLD, New York undated
- Homage to Yaacov Agam . Leon Amiel Publishers, New York 1981, ISBN 0-8148-0751-8
- Galérie Denise René: Mes anneés 50th Galérie Denise René, Paris 1988.
- Hans Mayer (ed.): From constructivism to kinetics 1917 to 1967. Self-published a. Denise René Gallery, Krefeld 1967.
- Günter Metken : Agam. Art today vol. 23, Hatje, Stuttgart 1977.
Web links
- Literature by and about Yaacov Agam in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Yaacov Agam - TerminArtors.com ( Memento of November 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Materials by and about Yaacov Agam in the documenta archive
- Video "Agam in work" (Youtube)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agam, Yaacov |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gipstein, Yaacov (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rishon LeZion |