
Yaacov Agam (Israeli, born Palestine [now Israel], 1928). Loud Tactile Painting, 1962. Wood and metal, 32 x 42 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (81.3 x 108 x 21.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1963 (K1963:11). © Yaacov Agam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Yaacov Agam
Israeli, active in Paris, born Rishon-le-Zion, Palestine (now Israel), 1928
Loud Tactile Painting, 1962
wood and metal
overall: 32 x 42 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (81.28 x 107.95 x 21.59 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1963
K1963:11
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Yaacov Agam approaches painting and sculpture with the belief that art is meant to be enjoyed through multiple senses. Raised as an Orthodox Jew, Agam’s father, a rabbi, discouraged his artistic pursuits. To combine his desires to make art and to respect the biblical prohibition against figural imagery, Agam began creating nonrepresentational compositions as a means to inspire spiritual reflection. This painting is one of a number of tactile constructions the artist created to vibrate, move, or make sound when touched. Loud Tactile Painting features thirty-five long, slender springs attached to rattle-like drums made of metal that produce a subtle variety of tones and a pattern of bobbing shadows when activated.
Label from Giant Steps: Artists and the 1960s, June 30–December 30, 2018
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