River of Forms: Giuseppe Penone’s Drawings

Jan 09, 2023 482

Through February 26. Philadelphia Museum of Art - 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway - Philadelphia, PA. Free with museum admission. Discover transformative works by artist Giuseppe Penone that explore the relationship between human experience and the natural world. River of Forms examines the central role that drawing plays in his practice and how it has informed many large sculptural works from the 1960s until today.

Nature has offered deep inspiration for the artist throughout his career. Penone incorporates natural materials such as wood, stone, clay, coffee, graphite, charcoal, leaves, and other media in his intensely tactile works, leaving the marks of his own fingerprints, breath, and even teeth.

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