Giuseppe Penone
Cedro di Versailles, 600x170cm, 2002-2003."Penone's works demonstrate a persistent commitment to the Arte Povera obsession with the body and nature. His actions of the '60s and early '70s uniquely combined humanist empiricism with a sense of craft, a European artisanal approach crossed with avant-garde actions. Penone insists that he now works in bronze because the oxidation process (over time) mimics the ability of water to change the surface of stones in a river. His interventions are personal and intimate, with a druid-like commitment to the earth and its fallen trees. For this reason, Penone continues to inspire reactions of nostalgia for a time that was best described by the avid collector of Arte Povera, Ingvild Goetz: "art was brazen, revolutionary and poetic."
-Sculpture Magazine, "The Poetry of Art and Nature." December, 2004.
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