Bark/Birch/Birkenau <italic>(A Conversation with Giuseppe Penone, Georges Didi-Huberman and Gerhard Richter)</italic>.

The article discusses an art installation by Giuseppe Penone called Sculture di linfa, which explores the relationship between nature and culture through the use of tree trunks and leather sheets imprinted with tree bark. The artist focuses on the sensory experience rather than symbolic meaning. The article also mentions Georges Didi-Huberman&#39;s exploration of the significance of bark, particularly in relation to the birch trees at Birkenau concentration camp. Gerhard Richter&#39;s response to the Holocaust is discussed, highlighting his use of painting to capture and convey the trauma. Richter&#39;s Birkenau series, displayed at the Alte Nationalgalerie, invites viewers to reflect on the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust through the metaphor of the mirror. The text also notes the association between the word &quot;birch&quot; and the color red-brown in Richter&#39;s work, and mentions that the Birkenau cycle is permanently displayed in a museum near Auschwitz. [Extracted from the article]