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...ones to let the over-10 set take all the kudos for playground design, the fourth graders at St. Lazarus School in East Boston planned their own "Possible Dream." Their mural-sized drawing depicts a "ride through space." which is taken on a yellow slide entered at top through an Apollo-type capsule. They also intend to throw objects at a gargantuan mouse-target who wears a sign saying "cheese please." A badminton court, and a spook house which has an octopus guarding it are among other parts of their dream...
Like a massive, multicolored jewel with facets that only become visible from different angles, the mural totally encompasses the center's hexagonal-shaped auditorium in a changing panorama of brilliant colors and forms. "I couldn't say a word for two hours after I saw it," says Paris Op Artist Jesus Rafael Soto. Not all visitors are so admiring...
Changing Reality. Some city fathers, in fact, have complained that the mural's visual movements are distracting for entertainers and lecturers. But Willi Kreiterling, director of the cultural center and instrumental in getting Agam the commission, insists that "Agam's murals no more distract than the elaborate decorations in a Baroque church." For his part, the 42-year-old Israeli artist pays tribute to the city's daring in accepting his first experiment with a "total environment," and he is proud that traditional ethnic bitterness was overcome. "The Germans were willing to meet my every technical exigency...
...besieged with major commissions that he says he had to give up his commitment to his New York gallery. Among projects in the works are a fire-and-water fountain for St. Louis, a Star of David created by laser beams and mirrors for an Illinois synagogue and a mural for the Tel Aviv museum. Meanwhile, Leverkusen on the Rhine, whose chief distinction until now has been its sprawling Bayer industries, has settled down to living with its "living wall...
...Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes cover an area of about 8,000 sq. ft., while the painted surface of Agam's mural measures...