And once again, Giuseppe Penone, sculptor of the intangible, offers to open the book of nature and leaf through it with his fingertips.
In 2013 at the Palace of Versailles, the one who was the youngest of arte povera had populated the gardens of Le Nôtre with his sculptures of trees where plants and minerals mingle, from the terraces to the parterre de Latona, from the Green Carpet to the Grand Canal. .
A "forest" of works made a magical circle in the Star Grove.
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This time, it's the leaf that takes precedence.
The BnF François-Mitterrand gives carte blanche to the artist of metamorphosis who transforms all media, from photography to drawing, from frescoes to blackboards, from engraving to prints.
As with every meeting with Giuseppe Penone, time stands still.
"
Sève et Pensée
(Pensieri e linfa)
is the work that has the most meaning with the place, because it is a library
," explains Giuseppe Penone in front of the double window which stretches out, where the trace of a tree runs. .
I used elderberry leaves
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