May 3 – June 29, 2024
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
On view in New York is a selection of works that testifies to the continuity of Penone's reflection on the theme of the imprint, the artist's contact and action on matter, from his early works - represented here by the series Coincidenza di immagini (Coincidence of Images, 1970-1973) and Svolgere la propria pelle (To Unroll One’s Skin, 1970) - until today. In the plaster of the Cocci (Shards, 1979-1982), in the bronze of Geometrie nelle mani (Geometries in Hands, 2005), as well as in the terracotta of Avvolgere la terra - il colore nelle mani (To Envelop the Earth - The Colour in Hands, 2014), the memory of the gesture is preserved and the sculpture is originated as a cast of the negative of the hand. In the latter works, exhibited here for the first time, the imprint left by the artist in a handful of clay, enlarged in the shapes suspended by a steel cable, is revealed through the red, light pink, yellow and blue of Le Corbusier's chromatic palette, the same that is translated in the canvases of Impronte di luce (Imprints of Light, 2023).