Yaacov Agam

Early days: In the year 1928 on May 11 Yaacov Agam was born, in Rishon LeZion. Yehoshua Gibstein, his father, was a rabbi and a kabbalist. Before moving to Zurich and Paris, he was skilled at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Agam has two sons and a daughter. His son, Ron, is a photographer.

Career:

Agam's effort was usually conceptual, with movement, viewer participation and recurrent use of light and sound. His most excellent known pieces include "Double Metamorphosis II" (1965), "Visual Music Orchestration" (1989) and fountains at the La Defense district in Paris (1975) and in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986).

In 1996 Agam was given an award as the Jan Amos Comenius Medal by UNESCO for the "Agam Method" for visual education of young children.