Agnes Denes at Emanuel Layr
Curated by Florence Derieux, The Body Argument included these ink drawings on graph paper form the 1970s by Agnes Denes. Denes has a show opening at Leslie Tonkonow once the gallery has recovered from the storm. In the meantime, these drawings can be a placeholder.
Agnes Denes, Handled, 1971, ink on graph paper, 28 x 22 cm
Agnes Denes, A Rose is Not Always a Rose, 1971, ink on graph paper, 27.8 x 21.4 cm
A MANIFESTO
Working with a paradox
defining the elusive
visualizing the invisible
communicating the incommunicable
not accepting the limitations society has accepted
seeing in new ways
living for a fraction of a second and penetrating light years
using intellect and instinct to achieve intuition
achieving total self-consciousness and self-awareness
being creatively obsessive
questioning, reasoning, analyzing, dissecting and re-examining
understanding the finitude of human existence and still striving to create beauty and provocative reasoning
finding new concepts, recognizing new patterns
Working with a paradox
defining the elusive
visualizing the invisible
communicating the incommunicable
not accepting the limitations society has accepted
seeing in new ways
living for a fraction of a second and penetrating light years
using intellect and instinct to achieve intuition
achieving total self-consciousness and self-awareness
being creatively obsessive
questioning, reasoning, analyzing, dissecting and re-examining
understanding the finitude of human existence and still striving to create beauty and provocative reasoning
finding new concepts, recognizing new patterns
desiring to know the importance or insignificance of existence
seeing reality and still being able to dream
seeing reality and still being able to dream
persisting in the eternal search
copyright 1970 agnes denes
