INS 008         Sculptures         Giuseppe Penone         *1947

Header image: Patate (Potatoes), 1977 © Wilfried Petzi
Text: Castello di Rivoli

The entire body of work produced by Giuseppe Penone investigates nature and its many evolving forms. He works in direct contact with the natural environment, attempting to visualise and modify the growth cycle of natural elements, particularly trees. Penone’s objective is to demonstrate the primordial symbiotic relationship between human beings and the natural world. For the artist, nature is not a force to be conquered but a combination of phenomena and transformative processes whose outcome should be analysed, in order to derive a system of rules that can be expressed through the language and forms of art.

Arbre porte-cèdre, Versailles, 2012 © Tadzio

© Gagosian

Tra..., 2008 © Marian Goodman Gallery

Ombra di Terra, 1999 © Marian Goodman Gallery

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