Current Location:
Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences -> 5th Floor - (CHS)
Location Notes:
CHS; 5th fl., North Hall, Left of Rm. 536

Blue Space Behind Colors

Artwork
Identifier:
1998.427.1
Artist:
Yaacov Agam
Credit:
Gift of Mr. Albert Scaglione
Medium:
Color Serigraph on Arches Paper
Date:
1984
Dimensions:
Artworks - Height: 18.125 in Width: 22.75 in
Description:
Image featuring numerous geometric shapes, primarily blue with white, but also red, yellow.
Historical Context:
Yaacov Agam is an Israeli artist born in 1928 in Rishon Letzion, Isreal. He is one of the creators of the kinetic art style, and was the first artist in history to have a one-man show of kinetic work. Through his work, he attempts to represent reality as a changing and renewing entity, moving beyond static imagery.