Maurice Agis (7 December 1931 – 12 October 2009)[1][2] was a British sculptor and artist whose Dreamspace projects drew the involvement and work of various schools and art institutions all over Britain.

Between 1950 and 1962, he studied painting and sculpture at Saint Martin's School of Art in London before going onto postgraduate works on De Stijl at the Dutch Ministry of Education in 1967.

His disillusionment with art galleries led to his collaboration with Peter Jones to create Spaceplace, the first of many "abstract walk-through spaces".

Agis used the abilities of his art students while teaching at various installations between 1962 and 1973 (though the larger pieces were later manufactured overseas in countries such as Vietnam before being linked together in Britain).

Agis's first solo project was Colourspace, which he presented for the first time in London in 1980 and later exhibited in Los Angeles and Brisbane, extending his profile.

The following day, echoing the events of 14 years previously, the artwork left its moorings, soaring 30 ft (9.1 m)[6] into the air before colliding with a CCTV pole, killing two people and injuring 13 others.