Environmental forces, for example, are subtly contrasted with human touch in his «Essere fi
ume» (To Be a
River), 1981 — 95: In this series Penone paired two hefty stones, one shaped by a river's water over millennia, the other an identical copy recently carved by
River), 1981 — 95: In this series Penone paired two hefty stones, one shaped by a
river's water over millennia, the other an identical copy recently carved by
river's water over millennia, the other an identical copy recently carved by hand.