Agnes Denes
dal 14/1/2005 al 9/3/2005
Segnalato da
14/1/2005
Agnes Denes
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville
Art For Public Spaces. She is a pioneer of environmental arts, and a primary participant in the conceptual art movement. Denes's distinctive body of work -grounded in philosophy, science, and ecology- deals with environmental, cultural, and social issues that address the challenges of global survival. Drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, or public projects, Denes's art is an art of ideas, complex ideas that explore the ever-important relationship of humankind and the environment.
In conjunction with The University of Tennessee's Environmental Semester (Spring 2005), the Ewing Gallery is pleased to host Agnes Denes: Art For Public Spaces, an exhibition organized by the Samek Gallery, Bucknell University. Agnes Denes is an internationally established artist, a pioneer of environmental arts, and a primary particiapnt in the conceptual art movement. An artist of enormous vision, Denes's distinctive body of work--grounded in philosophy, science, and ecology--deals with environmental, cultural, and social issues that address the challenges of global survival.
One of her best known works is, perhaps, Wheatfield-A Confrontation (1982), a two-acre wheat field planted and harvested by Denes in downtown Manhattan that addressed human values and misplaced priorities. In Finland in 1996, Denes completed Tree Mountain-A Living Time Capsule, a massive-earthwork reclamation project that reaches 400 years ahead--into the twenty-fifth century--to benefit future generations with a meaningful legacy. She also planted a forest of 6000 trees in Melbourne, Australia and has recently created a 25-year masterplan for a 100-km area of reclaimable land in the heart of the Netherlands.
Agnes Denes has had over 350 exhibitions on four continents, including a major retrospective at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University. She has completed commissions in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Denes has also received numerous awards including four National Endowment Fellowships; a McDermott Award from M.I.T.; a Watson Award from Carnegie Mellon University; a DAAD from Berlin; and a Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.
She has written four books, holds an honorary doctorate in fine arts, and lectures extensively at universities around the world.
Whether the medium is drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, or public projects, Denes's art is an art of ideas--complex ideas that explore the ever-important relationship of humankind and the environment.
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture
University of Tennessee
Emporium Building 106 South Gay Street, Knoxville
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