2. Penone Versailles

3. After Joana Vasconcelos in 2012, it is now the Italian Giuseppe
Penone who has the honor to imagine a major exhibition at
Versailles.
First associated with the movement of Arte Povera, which brings
together designers making use of cheap materials to reflect on the
relationship between nature and culture, the artist develops his
works from natural elements such as wood and stone.
Following the theme that is so dear to him, that of the shaft,
Giuseppe Penone made twenty bronze sculptures, punctuating
the long walk from the Royal driveway of the Grand Canal to the
castle. The Grove of the Star receives "forest " of Works.
An impressive array that takes place in a perfect natural setting,
closely affecting the desire of the artist to engage nature and
culture.

4. The works of Giuseppe Penone are répartier between Castle and
Garden along the axis of the Great Perpective

5. CHÂTEAU
THE PALACE
RESPIRARE L’OMBRA
Respirer l’ombre
Breathing Shadow
RESPIRARE L’OMBRA - FOGLIE DI TÈ
Respirer l’ombre - feuilles de thé
Breathing Shadow - tea leaves
ALBERO PORTA - CEDRO
Arbre porte – cèdre
Shaft door– cedar

6. Respirare l’ombra “Making solid what is immaterial, like our breath,
is a contradiction, and a contradiction is always an exciting thing that
stimulates the imagination.”
Giuseppe Penone

11. Albero portacedro
Giuseppe Penone

15. GRAND PERSPECTIVE
GREAT
PERSPECTIVE
SPAZIO DI LUCE
Espace de lumière
Space light
TRA SCORZA E SCORZA
Entre écorce et écorce
Between bark and bark
ANATOMIE
Anatomies
Anatomies
SIGILLO
Sceau
Seal
ALBERO FOLGORATO
Arbre foudroyé
blasted tree
TRIPLICE
Triple
Triple
LE FOGLIE DELLE RADICI
Les feuilles de racines
Leaves roots

16. Spazio de Luce “The work called Spazio de Luce measures about 20
metres. It is cast in bronze and the inside is gilded. Placed on the
Water parterre, it emphasises the perspective between the Palace and
the Grand Canal »
Giuseppe Penone

22. Tra scorza e scorza “The relationship of my work with Versailles
began after the storm of 1999. I bought from the Palace of Versailles
one of the cedars blown down during the storm. Its bark was used
to make Tra scorza e scorza.
This work is a tree cast in bronze. Divided into two parts, this envelope
holds a living tree. The bronze tree represents the future growth space of
the tree.”
Giuseppe Penone

28. Anatomie “On the Latona parterre, Anatomie is made up of six
blocks of Carrara marble on which I have revealed the veins of the
material to give an idea of its vitality.”
Giuseppe Penone

34. Sigillo “Sigillo is a marble floor on which a carved column leaves its
imprint. It’s a carpet unfolding towards the Tapis vert of the gardens
and inviting people to continue their visit.”
Giuseppe Penone

38. Albero Folgorato “What strikes me most in Versailles is the
ordering of nature determined by Louis XIV and André Le Nôtre. It
requires an incredible amount of work every day because nature
continues to elude man.”
Giuseppe Penone

44. Triplice “To have the possibility of letting my work dialogue with Le
Nôtre’s work at Versailles is a great privilege. The garden is an
emblematic place which sums up Western thinking on the relationship
between man and nature.”
Giuseppe Penone

50. Le foglie delle radici "Being given the possibility of letting my work
dialogue with that of Le Nôtre in Versailles is a great privilege.“
Giuseppe Penone

51. .

53. BOSQUET
DE L’ÉTOILE
GROVE OF THE STAR
ELEVAZIONE
Élévation
Elevation
IDEE DI PIETRA.1303 KG DI LUCE
Idées de pierre. 1303 kg de lumière
Ideas stone. 1303 kg of light
IDEE DI PIETRA - CILIEGIO
Idées de pierre - cerisier
Ideas Stone - Cherry
IDEE DI PIETRA - OLMO
Idées de pierre – orme
Ideas stone - Elm
IN BILICO
En équilibre
balancing
IDEE DI PIETRA
Idées de pierre
Ideas stone
FUNAMBOLO - QUERCIA
Equilibriste - chêne
Tightrope - Oak

55. Bosquet de l’Etoile “The seven works installed in the Star Grove are
a reflection on the structure of the tree as a living thing which
memorises its life in the shape of its growth.”
Giuseppe Penone

60. "In bilico“
Giuseppe Penone

63. Idee di pietra “When I place stones in trees it is to show that trees
escape from the force of gravity by rising up to seek the light.”
Giuseppe Penone

72. Giuseppe Penone at Versailles.
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