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Artist
Giuseppe Penone
b. 1947, Garessio, Italy · Italian · Based in Turin, Italy & Paris, France
- Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin (1968)
- Sculpture
- Arte Povera
- Carved Tree Trunks
- Cast Bronze with River Stones
- Fingertip Drawings
Giuseppe Penone emerged within Arte Povera in the late 1960s with actions and sculptures that examine the contact between human bodies and natural growth. Trees, bark, skin, breath, fingerprints and stone recur across a practice in which carving often reveals a younger tree hidden inside industrial lumber.
Sculpture; drawing; installation
Gallery Representation
Major Works
- 1968Alpi Marittime – Continuerà a crescere tranne che in quel punto
- 1969–70Albero di 12 metri
- 1970Rovesciare i propri occhi
- 1978Soffio 6
- 1981Essere fiume 1
- 2000–03Cedro di Versailles
- 2008Spazio di luce
- 2003 onwardIdee di pietra
- 1999Respirare l’ombra
- 2003Tra scorza e scorza
Museums & Public Collections
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