Spirit of America

"Spirt of America" is a framed mixed Media-Mylar & silkscreen by renowned kinetic artist Yaacov Agam. Signed by the artist. Certificate of Authenticity is included.

Agam (born May 11, 1928 was the son of a Russian rabbi. He grew up in an early Jewish settlement and did not begin his formal schooling until age 13. Having learned to draw at an early age, he studied art in Jerusalem (1947–48), Zürich (1949–51), and Paris (1951) and had his first one-man exhibition, “Peintures en Mouvement” (“Paintings in Movement”), in 1953 in Paris, where he settled. Eventually, his body of work grew to include vibrating and tactile elements, and he began to create manipulable sculptures as well.
Agam frequently exhibited his work with other kinetic artists and in solo shows, including those at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1972); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1973); Jewish Museum, New York (1975); Guggenheim Museum, New York (1980); and Isetan Museum, Tokyo (1989). Just before celebrating his 90th birthday, Agam opened the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (2018), an institution in his hometown dedicated to his work.