Giuseppe Penone He was born in Garessio, Italy in 1947. He studied sculpture at the Albertina Academy in Turin.
In the 60s he sympathized with the current of arte povera, which looked at the elements of nature and waste to create works.
Penone's creations were precisely that, a look at the lost point between man and nature.
The artist's intention is to carefully observe the environment that surrounds us as the trees, its trunks, barks, stones, lakes, rivers and more.
For Penone, it is the nature The same one who creates the sculpture over the years, therefore he, as an artist, only tries to leave his mark on it through incisions in the log structures, for example, which he modifies to reveal its interior.
In 1968, Penone created his own hand with a steel mold and inserted it into the trunk of a tree, so that the tree grew around his hand, this work he called "Continuerà a crescere tranne che in quel punto" (It will continue to grow except at that point).
To create, Penone uses various techniques and materials ranging from pen, watercolor, coffee, India ink, graphite, rice paper, cardboard, satin paper treated with turpentine, charcoal, adhesive tape, nails, metal nets, among others. .
The artist has ventured into the documented action of pictures and texts, in drawing, lithography and sculpture.
Penone has exhibited his works in museums around the world such as the Kunstalle in Basel, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Tate Modern in London, among others.
In 2014, Penone received the Praemium Imperiale Prize, an international art distinction awarded by the Imperial Family of Japan since 1988 on behalf of the Japan Art Association to the highlights of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater and film. .
In July this year, the author donated 600 works to the Philadelphia Museum and the Pompidou in Paris.
Giuseppe Penone resides and continues his creative work in Turin, Italy.