20/6/2010
Giuseppe Penone
Karlsaue park, Kassel
The first artwork of dOCUMENTA (13), Penone's Idee di Pietra (Ideas of Stone) will be inaugurated. At first sight a small cloud seems to be caught in the branches of a tree, which is almost 9 meters high. At a closer look, the tree reveals itself to be a bronze sculpture with a large stone set into its upper section. Near the bronze tree, a small live sapling is growing. Poised between reality, representation and fiction, and situated in the landscaped garden, it celebrates the poetic experience and relationship of nature and culture through art.
On June 21st, 2010 at 12 noon, Giuseppe Penone's Idee di Pietra (Ideas of Stone) will be inaugurated in the Karlsaue park in Kassel as the first artwork on the way to dOCUMENTA (13).
At first sight a small cloud seems to be caught in the branches of a tree, which is almost 9 meters high. At a closer look, the tree reveals itself to be a bronze sculpture with a large stone set into its upper section. Near the bronze tree, a small live sapling is growing. Poised between reality, representation and fiction, and situated in the landscaped garden of the Karlsaue park, close to the Orangerie in Kassel, it celebrates the poetic experience and relationship of nature and culture through art.
Two years before the official opening, dOCUMENTA (13) begins its activities by planting a tree in the park. Like a tree, the dOCUMENTA (13) will grow organically over the next two years.
"This event takes place on the summer solstice," says Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, "the day the sun is highest in the sky in the year. We celebrate the beginning of summer and the creativity of art with this moment in the park - by planting a tree."We would like to invite you to a photo opportunity on June 21st, 2010 at 11am. Giuseppe Penone and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev will be happy to take your questions. Other artists participating in dOCUMENTA (13) will be present as well.
Image: Giuseppe Penone, Idee di Pietra (Ideas of Stone), bronze and stone, 2004/2010
For further information please contact:
Markus Müller
Head of Communication documenta 13 Friedrichsplatz 18 - 34117 Kassel
Tel: +49 561 707270 Fax: +49 561 7072739 press@documenta.de
On June 21st, 2010 at 12 noon
near the Orangerie in the Karlsaue park in Kassel