Propagazioni : Giuseppe Penone at Sèvres / Giulio Dalvit and Xavier F. Salomon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penone, Giuseppe, artist.

Dalvit, Giulio, author.

Salomon, Xavier F., 1979- author.

Contributor:

Frick Collection, host institution.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penone, Giuseppe--Exhibitions.

Penone, Giuseppe.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Giuseppe Penone at Sèvres

Place of Publication:

New York : The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited, 2022.

Summary:

A major figure in the Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s, the renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is known for his exploration of the relationship between art and the natural world in a body of work that includes sculpture, performance, works on paper, and even garden design. His first works in porcelain, the exquisite disks presented here draw attention to the moment of touch - the convergence of surface and skin - that underpins so much of his work. Published to accompany a special exhibition of works by Penone organised by New York's Frick Collection, this new volume comprises eleven porcelain disks that the artist made during his 2013 residency at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, the influential porcelain factory founded in the 18th century. A continuation of his Propagazioni (Propagations) series, begun in 1995, which includes various media, each disk bears the imprint of one of the artist's fingertips. One of them is in gold, its imprint a variation on the artist's index finger. Never before presented to the public, the installation of the disks in a gallery adjacent to a porcelain room kindles a rich artistic dialogue.

Contents:

Director's preface and acknowledgments

Introduction: "But there on the shining shield": Giuseppe Penone's Propagazioni at the Frick / Xavier F. Salomon

Propagazioni in porcelain: ripples of thought after a conversation with Giuseppe Penone / Giulio Dalvit

Installation

Bibliography.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Frick Madison, New York, March 17-August 28, 2022

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781913875251

1913875253

OCLC:

1328025198