Giuseppe Penone - Dessins

The catalogue presents all the drawings accompanied by essays, including that of Jonas Storsve, curator of the exhibition, a long interview with the artist and an essay on the practice of drawing made in the 1970s, as well as a biography. A major figure in contemporary Italian and European art, Giuseppe Penone is associated with Arte povera, a movement which, in the 1960s in Italy, rejected the consumer society and affirmed the importance of the creative gesture. His reflections on the relationship between man and nature and the work around the body in his work also bring him closer to other movements such as Process art and Land art. The drawings given by Giuseppe Penone constitute the major part of his work on paper. They bear witness to the many mediums and techniques used: pencil, ballpoint pen, watercolour, coffee, Indian ink, rubbing, graphite, rice paper, cardboard, Japanese paper, glossy paper treated with turpentine, charcoal, adhesive tape, leaves, etc Never exhibited for most of them, they constitute a precious chronological and typological range to better understand the masterful work of the artist.