Wheatfield — A Confrontation | |
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Artist | Agnes Denes |
Year | 1982 |
Type | Installation |
Dimensions | (325 ft. × 300 ft. ) |
Location | Battery Park City, New York City |
Wheatfield — A Confrontation is a 1982 artwork by conceptual artist Agnes Denes. [1] [2] [3] The work, a two-acre wheatfield, was grown on empty landfill next to the World Trade Center. [4]
Wheatfield — A Confrontation was commissioned by the Public Art Fund. [5] The work was planted on 1 May 1982. [3] Denes, two assistants, and rotating volunteers maintained the field for four months. Denes and others took actions to protect the crop such as spraying to prevent mildew after the wheat developed a fungus. [3] They harvested the wheat on 16 August 1982. [3]
The work has been referred to as Denes's best known. [6]