Agnes Denes

 
"Pyramids of Conscience" commissioned for The Ballroom art space, Marfa, Texas 2005 

 
AGNES DENES
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"Pyramid of Crude Oil - Pyramid of Conscience Series," 2005

Pyramids of Conscience
© Agnes Denes 2005

There are four new pyramids have been added to her Pyramid Series 1967-2005, The Pyramids of Conscience,  2005.

The Pyramids of Conscience touch on the immediate issues of clean water, survival, politics, human weaknesses and needs. They refer to the global problem we must soon face with the life-giving substance of water and the politics that surrounds it.

They were commissioned for the exhibition "Treading Water" at Ballroom Marfa, Texas, May 27-Sept.18, 2005 and dealt with the privatization of water and things to come.
 
One of the pyramids is filled with crystal clear water, the other with polluted water from the Rio Grande, the third is filled with crude oil, the common denominator, and the fourth is a mirror in which you see yourself reflected, whatever you do, feel, fight against or agree to. It reflects the drama of it all.

The pyramids weigh several tons each, they are four sided glass pyramids on pedestals, made like giant fish tanks.

http://www.ballroommarfa.org/index_may05.html
 



"Pyramid of Pure Water" - Pyramid of Conscience Series," 2005