Larry Kagan was born in a German refugee camp and moved to Israel and then the Bronx as a child. He studied to be an aeronautical engineer but discovered he was more of an individualist. In 1972 he landed a job as a sculpture instructor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he has worked ever since. Kagan's work involves using shadows to encrypt forms and store information in new ways of capturing drawings, though he notes people understand it better if described simply as making interesting drawings using shadows.

1. Larry Kagan By Justin Abbey

2. Larry Kagan Born in a German refugee camp, Kagan moved to Israel at age 5 and then to the Bronx at age 12. After high school, he went to RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) to become an aeronautical engineer. Discovered he was "more of an individualist" and found himself fulfilling what it seems was his original destiny. Landing a job in 1972 as an instructor of sculpture at RPl, where he has worked ever since.

3. Object / Shadows "In a way, they're not really drawing about shadow; they're really about encrypting form and information, in a new way of capturing and storing information. It all sounds terribly, kind of, academic when you talk about it this way. Obviously, people understand it much better if you say, 'These things are about making interesting drawings using shadows', people get it."

4. His Work

5. Links http://www.okharris.com/current/press1.htm http://www.arts.rpi.edu/kagan/ http://www.artnet.com/artist/9170/larry-kagan.html