Giuseppe Penone: A occhi chiusi (With Closed Eyes)

Giuseppe Penone: A occhi chiusi (With Closed Eyes)

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Giuseppe Penone

A occhi chiusi (With Closed Eyes), 2025

32.9 x 48.3 cm

Edition of 40

Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist

Fine art inkjet print and silkscreen print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308

£2,400 (incl. VAT)

This beautiful, limited edition multimedia print presents a frottaged work by the artist similar to many pieces which were included in the exhibition. Frottage is the artistic technique of using an abrasive material such as; graphite, charcoal or chalk to imprint a textured surface onto paper. Penone has consistently used his own body as well as natural material such as trees or plants to imprint onto gallery walls as well as onto smaller scale drawings. Penone’s use of cello tape to frottage and imprint images onto paper is unique to his practice. Cello tape being man-made, plastic and uniform contrasts the natural imprint of an irregular leaf or the creases of skin next to an eye.

This edition shows two sides of the artist’s face framing a small branch of ivy which traces from one cheekbone to the other. Penone’s work often explores the imprint the human body has on nature. Here both nature and the artists body imprint the page, using the ephemeral and impermanent to indelibly mark make. The original drawing is elegantly recreated as an edition through the use of screen-printing and varnish. Each edition is hand titled, signed and numbered by the artist. The edition comes unframed, quotations for framing are available upon request.

All proceeds from this edition directly support Serpentine’s exhibitions, architecture, design, education, and digital programmes.

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Giusseppe Penone who was born in 1947 in Garessio draws deep inspiration from the forested landscapes of the region. A leading figure in the Arte Povera movement — a term coined in 1967 by art critic Germano Celant that translates as ‘poor art’— Penone works with simple, natural materials to reveal the beauty of the vegetal world.

Giuseppe Penone lives and works in Turin, Italy and has been featured in solo exhibitions worldwide including at the Fondazione Ferrero, Alba (2024); at the Galleria Borghese, Rome (2023); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2004, 2022); Philadelphia Museum of Art (2022); Villa Medici, Rome (2021); Palais d’léna – CESE, Paris (2019); Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (2018); Chateau La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte–Réparade (2017); Palazzo della Civiltà, Rome (2017); Louvre Abu Dhabi (2017); MART, Rovereto (2016); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2016); Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2015); Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne (2015); the Beirut Art Center (2014); the Musée de Grenoble (2014); the Château de Versailles (2013); Kunstmuseum Winterthur (2013); Madison Square Park, New York (2013) and Whitechapel Gallery, London (2013). Giuseppe Penone has exhibited at Documenta V (1972), VII (1982), VIII (1987) and XIII (2012) and at the Venice Biennale in 1978, 1980, 1986, 1995 and 2007.

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