Being the River, Repeating the Forest
Italian artist Giuseppe Penone has played an integral role in the development of art over the past five decades. From his conceptual and performative works of the 1960s and 70s to the large-scale sculptural installations of the past 10 years, Penone has explored intimate, sensate, and metaphysical connections with nature. Read more.
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Repeating the forest (1980-2014), Giuseppe Penone. Installation view, Musée de Grenoble 2014. Photo © Archivio Penone
Skin of Graphite – Eyelid (2012), Giuseppe Penone. Installation view, Marian Goodman Gallery New York 2015. Photo © Archivio Penone
Space of Light (2008), Giuseppe Penone. Installation view, Château de Versailles 2013. Photo © Archivio Penone
Being the River (2000), Giuseppe Penone. Installation view, Whitechapel Gallery, London 2012 Photo © Archivio Penone
Acacia thorns – contact, May 2005 (2005), Giuseppe Penone. Photo © Archivio Penone
Maritime Alps. Holding 17 years of growth (It will continue to grow except at that point) (1968-1985), Giuseppe Penone. Photo © Archivio Penone
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