11 décembre 2010




























J'imprime ma main sur l'argile. Je détache mon bras de l'arbre auquel il adhère. Je sens la poussée de l'eau qui jaillit contre le bout de mes doigts. Je me souviens de la mémoire de la boue, de la lente ascension des vapeurs de la terre, de l'écoulement de l'eau dans le sous-sol, de la poussée verticale de la matière, conscience du vide où on entend résonner la masse de chair humaine qui coule, se déplace et devient volume imprécis, vapeur, pour le promeneur qui traverse, dans le temps, l'histoire de la stratification par sédimentation."
Giuseppe Penone, 1987

















 cèdre déraciné pendant la tempête de 1999




“My artwork shows, with the language of sculpture, the essence of matter and tries to reveal with the work, the hidden life within.”








Peau de feuilles, Regard à terre 3



















Respirare l'ombra gegli occhi





















Matrice de sève. Bois de sapin, résine végétale, terre cuite, cuir, métal. 
Dim. 127x4367x212 cm. 













The central theme of Giuseppe Penone’s work is an exploration of the relationship between man and nature. Born in 1947, he grew up in Garessio, a rural community south of Turin, and his empathy with nature stems from this experience. For Penone, nature represents the great memory, the ever-present model of the processes of change and growth that shape the individual life. His art is often concerned with the revelation and realisation in the form of sculpture of natural processes, which may normally be hidden or invisible.










2 commentaires:

  1. Great information, thank you! I think we have the first sculpture on the first picture here in Rotterdam from him! It's beautiful, I often go look there. The first time I saw it i thought it was real and didn't know how it was planted like that. Later of course i saw that it was art, and it's now one off my favorites in Rotterdam :)

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  2. sa démarche me touche beaucoup, démontrer le vivant sous sa forme végétale...

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