{"id":13522,"date":"2024-11-18T17:47:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13522"},"modified":"2024-12-07T17:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T00:50:31","slug":"crop-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/11\/18\/crop-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Crop Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/agnes-denes-wheatfield-an-inspiration-bozeman-2547569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from artnet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Montana Wheat Field\u2014Planted as Conceptual Art\u2014Becomes Community Sustenance<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike any other wheat field in the state, a new work by Agnes Denes transforms the crop into an ephemeral installation artwork that invites community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/about\/annikka-olsen-25687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Annikka Olsen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13523\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Agnes Denes,\u00a0Wheatfield \u2013 An Inspiration. The seed is in the ground\u00a0(2024). Photo: Blair Speed \/ Speed Creative. Courtesy of Tinworks, Bozeman, Montana.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While wheat fields are a common sight in Montana, this past year a new type of wheat field took root in the city of Bozeman, one that was agricultural\u2014and also an artwork. Though not wholly dissimilar from a standard crop, the stretches of Bobcat (a variety of hard red winter wheat) were part of a new work by conceptual artist Agnes Denes,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tinworksart.org\/exhibitions\/agnes-denes-wheatfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wheatfield \u2013 An Inspiration\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tinworksart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tinworks<\/a>, a new non-profit art space in Bozeman with a mission centered on bridging the gap between the American West and contemporary art,\u00a0<em>Wheatfield \u2013 An Inspiration\u00a0<\/em>reimagines Denes\u2019 most well-known work,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/agnes-denes-wheatfield-2497536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wheatfield \u2013 A Confrontation\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(1982), which saw her plant a two-acre wheat field on Manhattan\u2019s southernmost point. Here, positioned on some of the world\u2019s most prime real estate, the work invited reflection on societal systems of value, priorities, and human needs. Just over 40 years later, Denes continues these lines of inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/agnes-denes-wheatfield-an-inspiration-bozeman-2547569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at artnet<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from artnet A Montana Wheat Field\u2014Planted as Conceptual Art\u2014Becomes Community Sustenance Unlike any other wheat field in the state, a new work by Agnes Denes transforms the crop into an ephemeral installation artwork that invites community engagement. by Annikka Olsen While wheat fields are a common sight in Montana, this past year a new type [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}