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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Mid-Century Modern Unframed Infinity Yaacov Agam Signed Holograph Agamograph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a hand signed Agamograph by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, known as the father of the Kinetic Art Movement. In excellent condition. Size is 12" x 12" unframed.
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Richard Kozlow Spectrum Modernist Abstract Serigraph 1/1 Unframed 1980s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An abstract modernist serigraph on paper titled "Spectrum" by Richard Kozlow. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right. Titled and annotated 1/1 on the lower left. Published circa 19...
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Norman Stewart, Simonkon 1988 Signed Screenprint on Paper, Edition 17/40 Framed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A vibrant abstract screenprint titled "Simonkon" by Norman Stewart featuring an intricate lattice-like geometric structure enveloped by energetic layers of gestural linework. Hand si...
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Greg Copeland #633 Signed Modern Geometric Op Art Space Age Mirror Framed 1970s
By Greg Copeland
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An op art space age geometric abstract mirror designed by Greg Copeland Inc. Circa 1970s. Signed bottom right. Original gallery tag on verso and noted as style #663. The screen-print...
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Robert Kelly Kalasa V Signed Modern Abstract Aquatint Etching 5/50 Framed, 1985
By Robert Kelly
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A bold and graphic modern aquatint etching in colors titled "Kalasa V" by Robert Kelly. Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right with an annotation of 5/50 on the bottom left. Published in 1985. Kelly's work intricately combines influences of the Bauhaus from Van Doesburg to Mondrian, with those of Schwitters and Klee, Kelly weds hints of the historical with the contemporary. His play of edges, angles, and cuts creates a tension and an intuitive logic to the placement of line and form. Kelly's work investigates the idea of doubleness through images that reflect, oppose, or mimic each other. Dimensions: 32"w x 1.5"d x 37"h (framed). In very good vintage condition. Robert Kelly (1956- ) paintings have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Smith College Art Museum, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, The Fogg Museum, The Margulies Collection, and the McNay Art Museum. Kelly has traveled throughout the United States, Europe, North Africa, the Near East, and Nepal. His work often incorporates unusual materials from his journeys, among them vintage posters and printed antique...
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Norm Stewart Head to Head Signed Contemporary 7-C Screenprint 10/41 Framed 1992
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An expressive graphic contemporary 7 color screenprint on paper titled “Head to Head” by Michigan based artist Norm Stewart. Hand signed in the pencil on the bottom right and titled with an annotation on the bottom left. Stewart & Stewart gallery...
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Signed and Numbered Yaacov Agam Screenprint: Colors of Love
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed and numbered Yaacov Agam, colors of love, Serigraph. Edition 41/144
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Magic Rainbow I (White), Large Signed Serigraph, 47 x 53 in. Framed, of 180
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on paper from Magic Rainbow Series. Hand signed lower right by Yaacov Agam. Hand numbered 68/180 lower left. Sheet Size: 41 x 48 inches. Image Size: 35 x 42 i...
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Signed Post-Modern Geometric Serigraph Entitled "New Landscape" by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in San Diego, CA
Spectacular signed limited edition post-modern geometric serigraph entitled "New Landscape" by Yaacov Agam, circa 1980. Edition HC 9/27. The piece is beautifully presented in a doubl...
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"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...
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1970 "Colors of Love" Abstract Signed Lithograph by Agam Yaacov, Framed. 41/144
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, circa 1970 numbered and signed by the Artist. Title of the piece : Colors of Love. Edition 41/144
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Yaacov Agam Original Double Metamorphosis Lithograph, HC 7/9 Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Original fine art print from Yaacov Agam’s celebrated Double Metamorphosis series, showcasing the artist’s mastery of graphic instrumentation and optical perception. Rendered in a mo...
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