Israeli Artist, Pioneer of Kinetic Art Yaacov Agam Dies at 98
The kinetic art pioneer received Israel’s highest civilian honor earlier this year, and his works are held by major museums in New York, Paris and Washington.
- Israeli kinetic art pioneer Yaacov Agam died on Sunday at age 98. His funeral is scheduled for Monday at 5:00 p.m. at the Rehovot Cemetery, with his body lying in state at the Yaacov Agam Museum in Rishon LeZion from 2:00 p.m.
- Agam gained international acclaim for kinetic art integrating color, movement, and light. The Israel Prize committee noted his central innovation was "internal change," both in the work itself and in the viewer's shifting perspective.
- His iconic "Fire and Water" fountain in Tel Aviv and a 36-foot menorah in Manhattan exemplify his work. His pieces appear in major institutions including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Pompidou Center in Paris.
- Sports Minister Miki Zohar mourned Agam as a "groundbreaking artist" who gave Israeli creativity a unique language. Rishon Lezion Mayor Raz Kinstlich credited him with helping found kinetic art, a movement built on motion and changing perspective.
- Born Yaacov Gibstein in 1928, Agam established Israel's first permanent institution dedicated to his work when the Yaacov Agam Museum opened in Rishon LeZion in 2017. The museum houses about 30 of his creations.
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After settling in Paris, the winner of the Israel Prize began a career as a sculptor and kinetic artist, alongside Brancusi, Marc Chagall and André Breton.
A prominent representative of kinetic art and abstraction, the most important Israeli artist of our time, Yaacov Agam, has died at the age of 98. His works adorn the Centre Pompidou and the Paris district of La Défense, where his Double Metamorphosis fountain is located. His Fire and Water fountain stands in Tel Aviv. This year he received the Israel Prize for Fine Arts.
Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist who pioneered kinetic art worldwide, dies at 98
Agam was one of Israel's most internationally recognized artists. His works include the Fire and Water Fountain at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv and exhibitions at major museums such as New York's Museum of Modern Art and Paris' Centre Pompidou
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