Artist Profile: Agnes Denes

A special Inside the NEU–LIVE! event on Friday, May 15, 2020 featured a virtual Coffee Chat about the artist Agnes Denes, a primary figure among concept-based artists who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s.

During this virtual Coffee Hour, Neuberger Museum Assistant Curator Avis Larson kicked-off the conversation with an introduction to Denes’ work, including The Human Argument IV-Light Matrix, 2012, which was included in both the Bending Light: Neon Art from 1965 exhibition at the Neuberger in 2018 as well as the Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediate exhibition at The Shed in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards complex. The curator then introduced additional works by Denes in the Neuberger’s collection.

Installation image from the Bending Light: Neon Art from 1965 exhibition at the Neuberger in 2018. Far right: The Human Argument IV-Light Matrix, 2012, by Agnes Denes, Neon on powder-coated aluminum, 72 x 72 x 5 inches. Lent by Leslie Tonkonow Artworks+Projects, NY.

Virtual Field Trips

• Explore Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates @ The Shed
  
  
  • Curator-led walk-through of the exhibition (YouTube)
  • A Gift to the Future: Tree Mountain by Agnes Denes (YouTube)
  • Who is Agnes Denes? | The Shed (YouTube)
    
    
• Visit the artist’s website