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Yaacov Agam (born Yaacov Gipstein on May 11, 1928)
is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist
best known for his contributions to optical
art|optical and kinetic art. Born in Rishon
LeZion, British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine to
a religious family, Agam trained at the Bezalel
Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, before
moving to Zürich and then to Paris, where he
settled. His first solo exhibition was at the
Galerie Graven in 1953, and in 1955 he established
himself as one of the leading pioneers of kinetic
art at the Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie
Denise René, alongside such artists as Pol Bury,
Alexander Calder and Jean Tinguely.

Agam's work is usually abstract, with movement,
viewer participation and frequent use of light and
sound. His best known pieces include "Double
Metamorphosis II" (1965), "Visual Music
Orchestration" (1989) and fountains at the La
Défense district in Paris (1975) and in Dizengoff
Square in Tel Aviv (1986).  He is also known for a
type of print known as an Agamograph, which uses
lenticular printing to present radically different
images, depending on the angle from which it is
viewed.

In 1996 Agam was awarded the Jan Amos Comenius
Medal by UNESCO for the "Agam Method" for visual
education of young children.

==External links==
*
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1
999/1998/7/Agam%20Reconsidered Agam Reconsidered
* http://www.aejv.com/agam-bio.htm Agam Biography