Wheatfield - A Confrontation by Agnes Denes
After months of preparations, in May 1982, a 2-acre wheat field was planted on the Battery Park landfill in lower Manhattan, two blocks from Wall Street and the World Trade Center, facing the Statue of Liberty.
Planting and harvesting a field of wheat on land worth $4.5 billion created a powerful paradox. Wheatfield was a symbol, a universal concept; it represented food, energy, commerce, world trade, and economics. It referred to mismanagement, waste, world hunger and ecological concerns. It called attention to our misplaced priorities.
The harvested grain traveled to twenty-eight cities around the world in an exhibition called “The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger”, organized by the Minnesota Museum of Art (1987-90). The seeds were carried away by people who planted them in many parts of the globe.
History repeating…
Thank you
@dish.club for the inspiration.
Thank you
@agnesdenes for letting reverberate this poignant urgency back then, now, always.
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