Agnes Denesis

Hungarian conceptual artist Agnes Denesis often referred to as “the grandmother” of the early environmental art movement. She emerged during the 1960s and ‘70s and created many environment-inspired, site-specific pieces. Her most famous work, titledWheatfield,a Confrontation, was created during a four-month period in the spring and summer of 1982. With the support of the Public Art Fund, Denes planted a field of golden wheat on two acres of landfill near Wall Street in lower Manhattan.Now based in New York, Denes continues to work in a wide range of media. From poetry and writing to complex hand and computer-rendered diagrams, the artist explores the relationship between nature and the urban environment.

Denes’ upcoming show at The Shed gallery in 2019 will be her first solo exhibition at a major New York institution.