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The harvest of Agnes Denes' "Wheatfield An Inspiration. The seed is in the ground," was in September at Tinworks Art, a nonprofit that features inclusive art in non-traditional spaces in Bozeman. Credit: Blair Speed / Courtesy the artist and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects
In 1982, artist Agnes Denes planted a two-acre wheat field in the shadow of the World Trade Center, an artwork dealing with corporate greed and world hunger. According to Denes, "'Wheatfield' was a symbol, a universal concept. It was an intrusion into the citadel, a confrontation of high civilization. Then again, it was also Shangri-La, a small paradise, one's childhood, a hot summer afternoon in the country, peace, forgotten values, simple pleasures."
Forty-two years later, Denes, who celebrated her 93rd birthday in May, is revisiting those ideas from a different perspective: a crop of winter...
