About the artwork
Multifaceted by nature, this work metamorphoses as the viewer moves. It is composed of colored ellipses created by lenticular printing. This technique uses lenticular lenses to create one image from several others. The image thus created is given an impression of depth or the ability to change with movement, as in this case. The abstract, colorful landscape we're presented with seems to burst into other, smaller tasks, and vice versa. The importance of the viewer and of movement places the work in the "fourth dimension", a concept central to the artist's work, which he defines as change induced by time and movement.
Expert opinion
This printing technique, enhanced here by hand by the artist, is often used by Yaacov Agam. His mastery of lenticular printing was so acclaimed that she gave the name "agamogramme" (after the artist) to some of the resulting prints.
About the artist
Born in 1928 in Rishon LeZion (Israel), Yaacov Agam is a major figure in kinetic art. He first studied at the Bezalel School of Fine Arts in Jerusalem, before moving to Paris in 1951. This year also marked his interest in kinetic art. He took part in numerous exhibitions alongside Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Victor Vasarely and others. He introduced the notion of the "fourth dimension", which defines change induced by time and movement. Unlike other artists of the time, Yaacov Agam's works gain their movement from the viewer's movements. According to the artist, the resulting notion of unpredictability is the essence of this fourth dimension. Yaacov Agam's work is acclaimed worldwide, and has earned him a place in the most prestigious collections of modern and contemporary art. In Rishon LeZion, the artist's hometown, a museum has been inaugurated in his honor. He also created the Salon privé for President Georges Pompidou at the Elysée Palace between 1972 and 1974, which is now on display in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou.
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