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London – Giuseppe Penone: “Spazio di Luce,” Whitechapel Gallery Bloomberg Commission, through August 2013 & “Intersecting Gaze/Sguardo Incrociato,” Gagosian Gallery at Davies Street, through November 27th, 2012

Friday, November 2nd, 2012


The Bloomberg Commission: Giuseppe Penone Whitechapel Gallery, Installation View, Photo: David Parry / PA Wire, all photos courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery

Work by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is being highlighted at two locations in London(although not an organized collaboration), the longer of which will remain until August 2013. Spazio di Luce, created by Giuseppe Penone  for the Bloomberg Commission, opened at the Whitechapel Gallery in London on September 5th and will remain installed until August of next year, while Intersecting Gaze/Sguardo Incrociato is taking place currently at Gagosian Gallery at Davies Street London and will remain until November 27th, 2012. The works continue along themes Penone has been exploring throughout his 40-year long career, this time specifically exhibiting the idea that, in Penone’s words, “The stretching of a branch through space in search of light has the same structure as a glance.”

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London – The Bloomberg Commission: Giuseppe Penone’s Spazio di Luce at the Whitechapel Gallery through September 1, 2013

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012


Giuseppe Penone, Space of Light(2012), The Bloomberg Commission: Giuseppe Penone Whitechapel Gallery Installation View

On the ground floor of London’s Whitechapel Gallery stands the Bloomberg commission- Giuseppe Penone’s “Spazio di Luce” (Space of Light), 12 meters of hollowed out tree trunk decorated with a gold leaf interior. The trunk balances on its own branches creating the allusion of suspension, allowing onlookers to peer inside and around it.

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