Giuseppe Penone's 'Le Regard Tactile' Explores Art-Nature Symbiosis

A new book titled 'Giuseppe Penone, Le Regard Tactile' published by La Bibliothèque des Arts compiles interviews with Françoise Jaunin. Penone, the last representative of Arte Povera, articulates his artistic philosophy of working with matter like nature itself to demonstrate human-nature symbiosis. His inspirations include Futurism, Giotto's naturalistic representation, and Leonardo da Vinci's water studies. Penone's work has been marked by ecological and humanist consciousness since its inception, leading to vegetal sculptures composed in harmony with living nature. His sculptures are tactile and olfactory, becoming memory and conferring sensuality to organic work. Penone states, 'The forest speaks to us of the forest, but in speaking of the forest, it also speaks to us of man.' He also notes, 'It has been a century that the landscape has been missing.' Through a universal artistic language, Penone reconciles art and life, producing forms that resist time.