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[[Image:Complex Vision.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Yaacov Agam. "Complex Vision" (1969)]] | [[Image:Complex Vision.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Yaacov Agam. "Complex Vision" (1969)]] | ||
'''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 | '''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. | 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. |
Revision as of 19:16, 13 May 2006
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.
External links
- Agam Mural at UAB Health System.
- Complex Vision at Birminghamart.org
- Biography of Agam at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs