The Human Argument

The American conceptual artist Agnes Denes investigates science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, art history, poetry, and music. A pioneer of ecological art, Denes's work involves ecological, cultural, and social issues.

Agnes Denes has had over 300 solo and group exhibitions on fourcontinents, including documenta 6 (1977) andthree Venice Biennales(1978, 1980, and 2001)and "Master of Drawing" Invitational at theKunsthalle in Nürnberg (1982). In l992 she had a major retrospectiveat the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University. Her works arein the collections of, among others, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney Museum ofAmerican Art.

Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essentialâ„¢ Michelangelo; The Essentialâ„¢ Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006.