The Human Argument: The Writings of Agnes Denes

Agnes Denes is one of the originators of concept-based art and one of the first artists to be involved with the relationship of science to art. Since the 1960s she has investigated the physical and social sciences, philosophy, mathematics, linguistics, psychology, art history, poetry, and music, and transformed her explorations into unique works of art. A pioneer of the environmental art movement, her work involves ecological, cultural and social issues, and is often monumental in scale. An artist of enormous vision, Denes has authored several books, including Paradox and Esssence (1976), Sculptures of the Mind (1976), and Book of Dust: The Beginning and the End of Time and Thereafter (1989). In her writings, the conceptual artist Agnes Denes investigates science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, art history, poetry, and music.

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The Human Argument: The Writings of Agnes Denes

Author

Agnes Denes

Publisher

Spring Publications

Format

Paperback

Pages

320

Size

9 x 6 Inches

ISBN

9780882145693

About the author

Agnes Denes

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.