Night over Jerusalem (1980s) by Yaacov Agam

It only rarely happens that a living artist releases work into the public domain. Yet it is precisely what happened to the work displayed above. Agam is an Israeli artist born in 1928, known for his kinetic art pieces.

This work brings up visions of Tati’s Playtime.

Tip of the hat to A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, which arrived in the mail this morning and the artists of which I am adding to my wiki. Lots of “concrete poetry” and “sound art” artists in this book.

I’m normally not very much into the rectangular modern art stuff, but this is a very “warm” piece, what do you think?