Pioneer Kinetic Artist

Yaacov Agam is an Israeli artist who is a pioneer of kinetic art and is known for his dynamic and interactive pieces: 

Kinetic artAgam’s work is constantly in motion, creating different forms through smooth, randomized transitions. His art challenges traditional static art forms and emphasizes the fluid nature of perception. 

Rabbi of Visual Literacy

In her 2013 “Agam Beyond the Visible”, Sayako Aragaki relates a self-perspective of Yaacov Agam: “Perhaps I am a visual rabbi’ smiled Agam shyly, indicating that he does secretly see himself as a spiritual inheritor of Rabbi Yehoshua.”

Rabbi Yehoshua Gipstein his father, was a devotee of mystical Kabbalah and the search for the invisible, hidden divinity.

Sayako Aragaki underscores Agam’s visual mission with his characterization of his artistic endeavors: “I don’t pray with words. I pray visually. My works are, so to speak, a visual prayer.” (Sayako Aragaki, Agam Beyond the Visible, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1997, P,?)

Prophet of Hebraic Consciousness

It is impossible to divorce the creative works of Agam from his Hebraic origins and from the rich field of spiritual and intellectual principles to which he has had access by virtue of his birth. (Popper)

“life is the very opposite of being static…This is the very jewish view of life – change, with continuity, but always active, creative change.” (Agam)

Hebraic thought celebrates dynamic, multiform, time- centered, open systems in which spirituality is drawn down into every part of our daily lives. Rather than a quest for purity of form in some heavenly realm, Judaism seeks to reveal spirituality in the rough complexities of earth-bound living.

Alexenberg, Mel. The Future of Art in a Digital Age: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness (p. 17). Intellect Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.