Agnes Denes
Tree Mountain
Planted trees
1.5 X 1.5 miles 11,000 trees in Ylöjärvi, Finland
1992-1996
Bio - Agnes Denes is a Hungarian-American conceptual artist who is famous for her international environmental installations. She began painting after studying painting at Columbia University, but soon abandoned painting to explore different mediums.
Artist Statement - “The forest will be kept for the next 400 years, thereby creating the first manmade virgin forest. It will take that long for the environment to re-create itself. The 11,000 people who came to plant the trees received a certificate valid for four centuries that they can leave to their children as custodians of the trees. My forests are mathematical in order to combine the human intellect with the majesty of nature. I restore the land, rejuvenate it, and fill it with wonders of new human understanding.” - Agnes Denes
Background - Tree Mountain was a massive installment that was produced with collaboration of Denes and the Finnish government. The art work was announced at the Earth Summit and will be protected for the next 400 years. It was created as a sort of celebration for the Earth Summit which helped to try and curb climate change.
Tree Mountain exudes the reality of nature’s awe inspiring beauty. This massive installment is a pinnacle for nature’s beauty in it’s form as it basically uses one of nature’s shapes being a mountain and uses the trees recreate the shape of a mountain. In a way it is like natureception, a natural shape formed by nature itself.
Artist Statement - “The forest will be kept for the next 400 years, thereby creating the first manmade virgin forest. It will take that long for the environment to re-create itself. The 11,000 people who came to plant the trees received a certificate valid for four centuries that they can leave to their children as custodians of the trees. My forests are mathematical in order to combine the human intellect with the majesty of nature. I restore the land, rejuvenate it, and fill it with wonders of new human understanding.” - Agnes Denes
Background - Tree Mountain was a massive installment that was produced with collaboration of Denes and the Finnish government. The art work was announced at the Earth Summit and will be protected for the next 400 years. It was created as a sort of celebration for the Earth Summit which helped to try and curb climate change.
Tree Mountain exudes the reality of nature’s awe inspiring beauty. This massive installment is a pinnacle for nature’s beauty in it’s form as it basically uses one of nature’s shapes being a mountain and uses the trees recreate the shape of a mountain. In a way it is like natureception, a natural shape formed by nature itself.
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