Israeli sculptor and painter, one of the founders of the Kinetic movement
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Agam. Yaacov Agam (born Yaacov Gipstein on
May 11,
1928) is an
Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to
optical and
kinetic art. Born in
Rishon LeZion,
Israel (
Palestine at the time) 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
Jesús Rafael Soto,
Carlos Cruz-Díez,
Pol Bury,
Alexander Calder and
Jean Tinguely.
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