Ya’akov Agam
1928-
“My art is an introduction to the over-coming of visual illiteracy. Often, I feel most of us are visually illiterate.”
Agam Art at Mayo Clinic “Welcome”
“Out of the deep conviction that in the foundations of Judaism is buried a rich treasure of expressive values which, if once released in plastic form, might enrich the entire world”
(Agam’s Artist Credo)
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
“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.
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.
“life is the very opposite of being static…This is the very jewish view of life – change, with continuity, but always active, creative change.“
Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium, such as clay, wax, paint – or even plastic in the modern sense of the word (a ductile polymer) – to create works of art. The term is used more generally to refer to the visual arts (such as painting, sculpture, ceramics, architecture, film and photography), rather than literature and music.[1][2] Materials for use in the plastic arts, in the narrower definition, include those that can be carved or shaped, such as stone or wood, concrete, glass, or metal. (Wikipedia)
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Agam’s Credo -Art as a stimulus to bring PaRDeS into our lives
“Out of the deep conviction that in the foundations of Judaism is buried a rich treasure of expressive values which, if once released in plastic form, might enrich the entire world” (Agam’s Artist Credo)
PaRDeS is Visual Literacy of the world around us.
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,?)