Ecofeminist art

[1] The writer Luke Martell in the Ecology and Society journal writes that 'women' and 'nature' are both victims of patriarchal abuse and "ideological products of the Enlightenment culture of control.

"[2] The work of ecofeminist writers helped inspire many early male and female practitioners in the ecological art movement to imitate their concerns about a more horizontal relationship to environmental functions in their own practices.

[3] One of these women mentioned is Agnes Denes, who is an ecofeminist artist who is most well known for her piece, "Wheatfield - A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan" from the year 1982.

This piece is a collection of photos taken in and around a 2-acre wheat field that was planted, maintained, and later harvested for the last time by the artist herself in lower Manhattan, New York just two blocks from Wall Street.

In the time period this project was being created, wheat fields and the agriculture industry as a whole were seen by society as a symbol of economic success, representing an abundance of food and introducing global trade and commerce.

Agnes Denes created this piece to depict the idea that even the most successful urban system could not exist or be maintained without traditional agriculture, emphasizing the importance of calling attention to our 'misplaced priorities' in society.