Giuseppe Penone: envelopper la Terre

Giuseppe Penone
envelopper la Terre

“You can think of casting as though the sculptor were the cast of his sculpture. When he models a form, he's obliged to adapt his hands and movements to the material in order to obtain a form. In that sense, he's the negative of his own sculpture.”
–Giuseppe Penone, Interview with Benjamin Buchloh, May 2012, New York

Marian Goodman Gallery Paris is pleased to present envelopper la Terre, a solo exhibition of works by Giuseppe Penone in our space at 66 rue du Temple. This exhibition marks the debut of Avvolgere la terra (To enfold the earth), 2024, a new limited edition produced in collaboration with Marian Goodman Gallery. Following Journal, a limited edition by Bruce Nauman published by the gallery in 2022, this new editioned work revisits our history, echoing the activities of Multiples, Inc., a pioneering art publishing company founded by Marian Goodman in the 1960s. Avvolgere la terra, consisting of 17 sculptures in terracotta with ochre and yellow pigments, refers in name to a primordial gesture, underscoring the intricate relationship between nature and humanity. The edition will be displayed with a selection of works on paper with the same title dating from 2010 and 2015, as well as in dialogue with Pressione (Pressure), 1977 a rarely seen large-scale immersive charcoal wall drawing which has been specially reproduced for this occasion.