1986
Influenced by his upbringing in Judaism as well as the teachings of the Bauhaus, Yaacov Agam is a pioneer of kinetic art as well as the Op art movement and is often credited with introducing geometric abstraction to his home country of Israel.
Born in Rishon LeZion, Palestine — now part of Israel — the son of a rabbi, Agam found that the spiritual world had a major influence on his art practice, as did the sand dunes he grew up watching as they constantly shifted with the wind. This perpetual movement would inform his work, whereby riveting, prismatic compositions that transform from different perspectives, patterns that generate optical effects and sculptures that move with a passing breeze all reflect the gradual changes in nature.
Agam studied with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon at the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem in the 1940s before traveling to Zurich where he trained with Swiss Expressionist painter Johannes Itten and was inspired by the abstract work of Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky.
One of the innovative techniques Agam developed was the Agamograph, which uses lenticular printing so that multiple images, which are revealed as the viewer moves around the piece, can be seen on a single work. His art has regularly involved the spectator as a participant, whether it’s the 1972–74 room-size kinetic installation he created for the Elysée Palace that’s now in the Centre Pompidou in which a gleaming abstract sculpture is surrounded on all sides by polychromatic lines or it’s public art like the 1986 Fire and Water Fountain in Tel Aviv with circles of vibrant panels that offer varying colors from every angle.
In 2018, the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art opened in Rishon LeZion, showcasing six decades of Agam’s influential work that engages with perception through color, shape and form, from paintings, prints and installations to new experiments in interactive digital art.
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$6,000
H 19.75 in W 24 in D 2 in
Untitled (signed multidimensional silkscreen print on plexiglass and mirror)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Interspaceograph - multidimensional silkscreen print on plexiglass pane and mirror. There is space between the silkscreen printed plexiglass pane and silkscreen printed mirror in th...
Screen, Plexiglass
$5,200
H 17.5 in W 22.62 in D 2 in
Untitled (signed multidimensional silkscreen on two plexiglass panes)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Interspaceograph - multidimensional silkscreen print on two clear plexiglass panes. There is space between the two silkscreen print plexiglass panes in the custom frame giving the a...
Screen, Plexiglass
$1,800
H 22 in W 21.75 in D 1 in
"Composition I" Screenprint in Colors, Signed, circa 1975
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Astoria, NY
Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928), "Composition I", Screenprint in Colors, circa 1975, signed in white ink lower right, numbered edition "CXXIII/CLXXX" [123/180] lower left, white frame...
Screen
Signed Yaacov Agam Silkscreen Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
(after)Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) Untitled, c. 1980 Silkscreen print Sight: 33 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (image) Framed: 52 x 29 1/8 x 1 in. Autographed lower right Inscribed verso Yaacov Agam w...
Screen
$2,800
H 26 in W 25.25 in D 1.5 in
Yaacov Agam Oval Agamograph Lenticular Print Artist Proof Signed & Numbered
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Plainview, NY
A visually dynamic Op Art composition by renowned artist Yaacov Agam ( Israel -b. 1928) , a pioneer of kinetic and optical art. The work features bold geometric forms and rhythmic ve...
Paper
$1,200
H 30 in W 16.25 in D 0.75 in
Yaacov Agam - Colorful Polygraph 1970s Signed Serigraph on Paper 22/30 Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A dynamic serigraph titled "Colorful Polygraph" by pioneering kinetic and optical artist Yaacov Agam. Hand signed in pencil with an annotation of 22/30 along the lower margin. Compo...
Paper
Yaacov Agam - geometric structures - 1977-79
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Yaacov Agam - geometric structures - 1977-79 Lithography Signed lower right Beautiful colours Restored Noted " A.P " in the lower left corner 69x18,5 1800€
Paper
Five Visual Orchestrations, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Five Visual Orchestrations Year: 1990 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 12/72, plus proofs Size: 30.25 x 42 inches Condition: Good Inscrip...
Screen
$3,800
H 17.88 in W 22.38 in
Agam Lenticular Kinetic Agamograph Hand Signed numbered Israeli Kinetic Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, and numbered. Limited edition lenticular lens kinetic Agamograph Titled 'Sea Fathom'. Hand-signed and numbered edition 24/99, size of w...
Lenticular, Screen
Abstract Composition
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Missouri, MO
Yaacov Agam "Abstract Composition" Agamograph Ed. 17/25 Signed and Numbered Site Size: approx 13 x 16 inches Framed: approx. 22.5 x 24.5 inches An agamograph is a series of images ...
Screen
Color and Space, Abstract Geometric Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Color and Space Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink Year: circa 2000 Edition: 10/99 Size: 15 in. x 14 in. (38.1 cm x 35.56 cm...
Lenticular
Message of Peace, Op Art Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Message of Peace Year: 1988 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, HC Paper Size: 40 x 31 inches
Screen
Union II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Union II Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Unnumbered publisher's proof Date: 1976 Screenprint, signed in pen lower right Image Size: 27 x 22.75 inches Size: 33 x 28.75 in. (83.82 x 73.03 cm)
Screen
Union III, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Union III Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Unnumbered publisher's proof Date: 1976 Screenprint, signed in pen lower right Image Size: 27 x 22.75 inches Size: 33 x 28.75 in. (83.82 x 73.03...
Screen
Judith L. Posner and Association, Abstract Geometric Screenprint
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judith L. Posner and Association Poster Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1980 Screenprint Poster, unique autograph in colored pencil Size: 38 x 23.75 in. (96.52 x 60.33 cm)
Screen
Nine Squares, Abstract Geometric Op Art Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Untitled - Nine Squares Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink Year: circa 2000 Edition: appears to be 37/99 Size: 12 x 12 in. ...
Lenticular
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