Giuseppe Penone: Imprints of Light

Penone’s imaginative renderings of trees probe the contact between humans and nature, body and forest

Italian artist Giuseppe Penone (born 1947) creates thought-provoking sculptures of trees, reconfiguring their composite parts to form new interpretations of this ubiquitous symbol. This monograph delves into the theme of imprint in Penone’s work, and how each element of the global ecosystem plays an integral part in its life cycle.