“About the sculpture, about the sculptor”: the role of skin in Giuseppe Penone’s works
The article offers a reading of some significant works by Giuseppe Penone starting from a key theme of his scultural practice: the skin. These works are connected with Didier Anzieu’s essay, The Skin-Ego in which is specified the fundamental role of the skin in the human being, in particular in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2019-07-01
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| Series: | PsicoArt |
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| Online Access: | https://psicoart.unibo.it/article/view/9735 |
| Summary: | The article offers a reading of some significant works by Giuseppe Penone starting from a key theme of his scultural practice: the skin. These works are connected with Didier Anzieu’s essay, The Skin-Ego in which is specified the fundamental role of the skin in the human being, in particular in the formation of an ego – filter and interface between the subject and his milieu – and in which he suggests the idea of a “creative skin” recently resumed by Stéphane Dumas as a paradigm of artistic creation. |
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| ISSN: | 2038-6184 |