Hidden Galaxy
Current Location:
Building E (DEV) -> 3rd Floor (DEV E)
Location Notes:
DEV; Building E; 3rd fl., Outside Rm. 302E

Hidden Galaxy

Artwork
Identifier:
1998.428.1
Artist:
Yaacov Agam
Credit:
Gift of Mr. Albert Scaglione
Medium:
Color Serigraph on Woven Paper
Date:
1990
Dimensions:
Artworks - Height: 19 in Width: 37.5 in
Description:
Numerous columns of colors, primarily white in center, moving into various colors (blue, purples, reds, orange, yellow, etc.) on the left and right.

Historical Context:
Yaacov Agam is an Israeli artist born in 1928 in Rishon Letzion, Israel. He is one of the first to make use of kinetic art and was the first artist in history to have a one-man show of kinetic artwork. In his artwork, Agam attempts to represent reality as a changing and renewing entity instead of static imagery.

Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Terms:
printmaking
screen printing
screen prints
works on paper
Library of Congress Subjects:
Serigraphy
Prints--Technique
Paper