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Donors for the work included Mr. & Mrs. [[Marvin Engel]] (in memory of their parents), [[Carl Jernigan]] and [[William Hulsey]]. Hulsey and Jernigan, along with fellow trustee [[Alston Callahan]] selected the artist and commissioned the work. | Donors for the work included Mr. & Mrs. [[Marvin Engel]] (in memory of their parents), [[Carl Jernigan]] and [[William Hulsey]]. Hulsey and Jernigan, along with fellow trustee [[Alston Callahan]] selected the artist and commissioned the work. | ||
The work was featured on the cover of [[South Central Bell]]'s July [[1977]] Greater Birmingham telephone directory. | |||
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Revision as of 13:57, 21 May 2011
Complex Vision is a large outdoor op-art installation at the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital on University Boulevard. The work, 30 feet x 30 feet, was created by artist Yaacov Agam in 1969 for the site. The piece is painted 138 aluminum strips that are mounted in an accordion-fold arrangement so that the composition and colors change as the viewer passes by.
Donors for the work included Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Engel (in memory of their parents), Carl Jernigan and William Hulsey. Hulsey and Jernigan, along with fellow trustee Alston Callahan selected the artist and commissioned the work.
The work was featured on the cover of South Central Bell's July 1977 Greater Birmingham telephone directory.
External links
- Agam Mural at UAB Health System.
- Complex Vision at Birminghamart.org
- Biography of Agam at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs