Acacia e foglie di zucca

1982

Bronze, steel
240 x 38 cm

In opposition to the smooth surface of contemporary society, Giuseppe Penone finds existential meaning in the way surfaces are rendered.
Rather than seeing surface as appearance, he brings out in tree bark, marble and, more recently, leather, a network of vital veins, expressing the Heraclitean flux of existence. In Acacia e Foglie di Zucca (1982), the squash leaf fixed to the trunk develops, on a smaller scale, the idea of the vein as the structure of life. While proposing a perfect replica of the object, in bronze, the very technique of producing it expresses both the presence and absence of what is represented.

© Adagp, Paris, 2014. Photo © Fondation Louis Vuitton / Marc Domage

Hangs

Expressionist and contemplative works

From 17 December 2014 to 18 May 2015

In the same hang

Zwei Bügelbretter — Zwei Bügelbretter, 2008

Isa Genzken

Bouquet — Bouquet, 2004

Isa Genzken

Paris sans fin — Paris sans fin, 1961

Alberto Giacometti

Majesty — Majesty, 2007

Tacita Dean

Hünengrab — Hünengrab, 2008

Tacita Dean

Torso — Torso, 2013

Wolfgang Tillmans

London Olympics — London Olympics, 2012

Wolfgang Tillmans

Einzelgänger IV — Einzelgänger IV, 2000

Wolfgang Tillmans

Lightning Series I-VII — Lightning Series I-VII, 2007

Tacita Dean

Presentation Windows — Presentation Windows, 2005

Tacita Dean

Trois hommes qui marchent I; Trois hommes qui marchent [grand plateau] — Trois hommes qui marchent I; Trois hommes qui marchent [grand plateau], 1948

Alberto Giacometti

Homme qui pointe — Homme qui pointe, 1951

Alberto Giacometti

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