Jannis Kounellis Book order

Jannis Kounellis (*1936 in Piraeus, Greece) is one of the major figures of Arte Povera. Today he looks back at a career spanning more than fifty years in which his idiosyncratic works of art have left a lasting impact on contemporary art history. Kounellis started by producing small paintings, but today he concentrates on his elegiac installations. He is known for his in-depth knowledge of the various materials which he combines with great pleasure. Gas flames, trails of smoke, steel, iron, lead, glass, coal, cotton, coffee grinds, or textiles intermingle with equal importance. Through the use of these materials, Kounellis continues to renegotiate fundamental principles of life: temporality, endurance, development and decay. This latest monograph deals with Kounellis' works from early 2016 and extensively illustrates the exhibition Relámpagos sobre México where he employed objects belonging to the workers of a former train workshop (now an arts center). By doing so, Kounellis created passages of visual poetry aiming to dignify the working class and reinvigorate a spirit of the revolution.

A selection of artworks by international artists dealing with the food theme and all its implications. This volume accompanies the international traveling exhibition FOOD, that focuses on the preservation of Earth and food choices, as well as the effects of climate change, the poisoning of agricultural products, the food distribution gap, famine, and other related concerns.

Der Star der europäischen Avantgarde in einer spektakulären Werkschau Jannis Kounellis hat die europäische Kunst in den 60er Jahren ebenso nachhaltig verändert wie Joseph Beuys oder Mario Merz. Bereits mit zwanzig entwickelte der in Rom lebende Künstler ein Werk, das sich von jeder tradierten Kunstform emanzipierte. Er begann mit codeartigen Bildern aus Zahlen und ging dann zur Nutzung gänzlich kunstferner Materialien wie Kohle, Glas, Kaffee etc. über - Weltruhm erlangte er schließlich durch gigantische, oft hochprovokative Installationen. Dieser prächtige Band zeigt Kounellis genialen Blick auf das künstlerische Potential des vermeintlich Alltäglichen.

Reveals a representative cross-section of one of the co-founders of Arte Povera in Italy in the Sixties, Jannis Kounellis, from his first pictures with numbers and letters - inspired by the spatial ideas of the abstract expressionists and Kurt Schwitters - up to the latest works.