Yaacov Agam Framed Circle Gallery Exhibition Poster, 1980s

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Original exhibition poster published in 1980 by Circle Gallery, Ltd. to promote a solo exhibition by the pioneering kinetic artist … Read more Original exhibition poster published in 1980 by Circle Gallery, Ltd. to promote a solo exhibition by the pioneering kinetic artist Yaacov Agam. The composition highlights Agam’s signature exploration of visual rhythm, color progression, and geometric optical patterns. Along the lower margin, the poster documents Circle Gallery’s prominent contemporary footprint across major American art markets during the late twentieth century, specifically listing its gallery locations in Houston, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Northbrook, San Francisco, and Dallas.

This piece serves as a well-preserved artifact from a significant period of widespread institutional and commercial celebration for kinetic and optical art in the United States. Framed in a bright blue wood border with glass protector.

Yaacov Agam is internationally recognized as a founding master of Kinetic Art, renowned for introducing time, movement, and viewer participation into the visual arts. Born in 1928, Agam studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem before moving to Zurich to train under the legendary Bauhaus color theorist Johannes Itten. He eventually settled in Paris, where he established a career defined by his invention of the Agamograph—a lenticular printing method that transforms the composition as the spectator shifts their physical vantage point. His work is included in major public installations worldwide and held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. See less