"I lost my language because we traveled so much," 81, Ms. Denes recently said in a New York Times interview. From a young age, Agnes Denes wanted to be a poet. However, since she was forced out of Hungary into Sweden due to the Nazi occupation, then to the United States by the time she was a teenager, she had no definite language. However, she didn't give up on her art dream completely. Denes became more and more interested with the visual arts. She began as a painter, but she felt like that medium was too limiting. Denes wanted to go past the edge of the canvas. "Rice/Tree/Burial," is a on of Denes many fascinating pieces. It is believed to be the first ecologically conscious earthwork. (Ecologically friendly and art equals a win win) Denes planted rice seeds in upsate New York, along with planting a time capsule filled with some of her haiku. This combined communication with the earth and the future. All of Denes' artworks combine her interest of math and psychology, but they are still extremely aesthetic. Dene even moved out of her beautiful apartment filled with antiques to a loft because she wanted to be able to roll out of bed and make art. Agnes Denes still has more to say, but she said, "I feel so restricted at being caught in my lifetime."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/arts/design/agnes-denes-stretches-the-canvas-as-far-as-can-go.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=design&adxnnlx=1354474886-vv/4IrMeZUVdchsblYJYC
Slideshow of some of Agnes Denes pieces of work:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/12/02/arts/design/20121202-DENES.html?ref=design
Denes sounds like a very creative and innovative person. It would be so cool to interview her.
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