Agnes Denes, Wheatfield—A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan, with Agnes Denes
Agnes Denes, Wheatfield—A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan, with Agnes Denes Standing in the Field, 1982. Courtesy the artist and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.“Wheatfield” is, in retrospect, viewed as a watershed moment in public art. Its short existence was documented in photographs, which have taken on an added resonance as New York City’s empty spaces fill up and familiar landscapes are eradicated. A piece that was once about the contrast between the man-made and the natural environment is now more about the vulnerability of everything. The two behemoth skyscrapers in the background of the photos unexpectedly proved as perishable as the artwork in the foreground. Read more here about Agnes Denes and “Wheatfield” -- source link
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