12018-09-08T22:09:08+00:00Paul A. Harris0462def817acd13db43634107b67e5f0f737f3f121Giuseppe Penone Idee di Pietra (Ideas of Stone), 2004-2007 Bronze, granite stones 42x10x10. University of Chicagoplain2018-09-08T22:09:08+00:00Paul A. Harris0462def817acd13db43634107b67e5f0f737f3f1
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12018-09-08T22:12:22+00:00Penone, Ideas of Stone1plain2018-09-08T22:12:22+00:00In setting stones in his tree, Pierre Jardin was unknowingly following in the footsteps of eminent environmental artists. Giuseppe Penone, a leading figure in the Arte Povera movement, uses stones and trees to question the boundary between art and nature, while probing the role of time in both human construction and natural processes. In works called Ideas of Stone, Penone mounts granite rocks lodged in the branches of trees that are actually bronze castings. Here, art and nature interact in provocative ways: while the works are often mistaken for a real tree found in nature, the tree is man-made, whereas the rocks that create an uncanny effect and that serve as the cue to the work’s status as a piece of art are the most natural part of the entire sculpture.
