The Human Argument: The Writings of Agnes Denes (Spring Publications) - Softcover

Denes, Agnes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088214569X ISBN 13: 9780882145693

Publisher: Spring Publications, 2008

Synopsis

The American conceptual artist Agnes Denes investigates science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, art history, poetry, and music. A pioneer of ecological art, Denes's work involves ecological, cultural, and social issues.

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Agnes Denes has had over 300 solo and group exhibitions on fourcontinents, including documenta 6 (1977) andthree Venice Biennales(1978, 1980, and 2001)and "Master of Drawing" Invitational at theKunsthalle in Nürnberg (1982). In l992 she had a major retrospectiveat the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University. Her works arein the collections of, among others, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney Museum ofAmerican Art.

Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essentialâ"[ Michelangelo; The Essentialâ"[ Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: Spring Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088214569X
• ISBN 13: 9780882145693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Ottmann Klaus