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A Description of Jannis Kounellis
A Description of Jannis Kounellis's Untitled (1993–2008) Sissi Wang This work of art named Untitled (1993-2008) is composed by two simple elements: wardrobes and steel cables, both of which are very basic everyday objects for every person living in the present time. However, in terms of the histories of broadly using these two objects, there is a delicate comparison we can consider first between a wardrobe and a steel cable. The consciousness of using some specialized containers to place and keep clothes away from dirt can be traced at least before the 14th century, when 'wardrobe' first appeared in the English language. See https://www.etymonline.com/word/wardrobe . The first appearance of steel cable was much later. It is said that in 1831-1834, during the period of the late time of the first Industrial Revolution, the first successful iron cable was invented by Wilhelm Albert, a German engineer and mining administrator. Then the cable made with steel was invented after around 50 years later. See https://www.britannica.com/technology/cable-wire-rope . Briefly speaking, wardrobes means the archaistic or some nostalgic style, while steel cables are a sign of modern industrial era. This comparison can be clearly observed from two details of this work. The first one is the texture and the basic type of all these wardrobes. From the surface of the doors as well as the worn parts of these wardrobes, we can make a reasonable deduction that these daily items were repeatedly polished and used, if they were actual daily-used old stuff before the artist's creation. The other detail is the simple but elegant knots which imply the mechanical mechanism. These steel cables are much thinner than the size of any wardrobe, but they have the scientific power to suspend a big wardrobe the weight of which is much more than what a steel cable can be. Then when it comes to the installation, such a comparison gives viewers a new persp Jannis Kounellis turns familiar materials, charged with history and meaning, into poetic assemblages Jannis Kounellis (1936–2017) was born in the Greek port city of Piraeus, but lived and worked in Rome from 1956. His early paintings were inspired by words and graphics found in street signs, which he gradually reduced to letters, numbers and basic symbols arranged over plain backgrounds. Though he soon expanded his practice to include performance and sculpture, he considered himself primarily a painter. Whether making pictures or using materials and objects that share the same space as us as viewers, he aimed to create powerful images, mundane and strange at the same time. In the late 1960s Kounellis became a key figure of the Italian arte povera (‘poor art’) movement. Artists associated with arte povera used ordinary materials of both natural and industrial origins and hoped to bring the experience of art closer to everyday life. At the time, Italy was undergoing a period of rapid social change, torn between industrial and agrarian life, tradition and innovation, antiquity and modernity. Kounellis’s works express this clash of values by bringing together contrasting elements such as raw wood and steel beams, or strings of colourful glass hanging next to a mound of black coal. Many of Kounellis’s installations subtly change the architecture of the gallery, like the stones blocking the passage between two rooms. Some suggest the presence and actions of people: in a work bringing together painting, sculpture and performance, an empty chair lies waiting for a cellist to play a painted musical score. Other works carry strong associations both sensorial and cultural, like those including bells and coffee beans. These objects have a rich history, evoking sounds and smells familiar to many. Read more 30 June 2023 – 8 September 2024 This is one of a series of eight individually titled large-scale polaroid Born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1936, Kounellis lived and worked in Rome from 1956 onwards, where he studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti and gradually established himself as one of the major representatives of the Arte Povera movement. Kounellis was known for his use of “poor” materials — including soil, burlap sacks, gold, coal, lead, wood, and even live animals — but he also experimented with other mediums, such as performance and theatre. He had his first solo exhibition at Rome’s La Tartaruga Gallery, but one of his most famous exhibitions was his 1969 show at Galleria L’Attico in the Italian capital, where he exhibited twelve living horses. Jannis Kounellis' 2014 show at the Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne. Photo : Henri Robert Today, his work is in the collections of some of the world’s leading institutions, including Paris’ Centre Pompidou, Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof, London’s Tate Britain as well as the Guggenheim Museum and MoMA in New York. Kounellis was represented by Tornabuoni Art, Cheim & Read and Gallery Karsten Greve. His work is currently on show in two group exhibitions at Karsten Greve St. Moritz (until tomorrow) and Cologne’s Kolumba Museum. The Art Newspaper has more information. Invaluable, the Boston-based e-commerce platform for fine art, antiques and collectibles, has announced the appointment of art dealer Paul Kasmin to its advisory board. Kasmin joins board director Bill Ruprecht, formerly chairman of Sotheby’s, and the two will work together to expand Invaluable’s relationships with dealers and galleries. Paul Kasmin gallery, which opened in 1989 in SoHo, currently has three locations in Chelsea. Rob Weisberg, CEO of Invaluable, has commented: “(Paul’s) knowledge and experience in the art market and Invalua The Belgian dealer Albert Baronian opened his gallery in 1973. This autumn the gallery celebrates its 40 years of existence with a group exhibition focusing on the Arte Povera movement, opens on 6 September 2013. It was a cold August Saturday. Albert Baronian took a day off from his summer holiday break to meet me. We started at 11am and decided at 4pm that the interview will never be over. Baronian is a living dictionary. He has an extremely clear memory and he recalls all the details. My last question to him, “Aren’t you interested in writing a gallery history book for Brussels?” Baronian debuted his career in contemporary art as a journalist. After writing a university dissertation on the “Social Communication of Plastic Art”, he published his first article in 1971 in L’Art Vivant magazine edited by Jean Claire on Gilbert & George whom would much later become his collaborators. With a utopian approach to contemporary art, Baronian started making edition works before finally started his gallery in 1973, at the age of 27. Life wasn’t easy for a young dealer especially when there was the petrol crisis. Ever thought of giving up? “There was a moment that lasted for a few weeks, I thought of becoming a fashion designer!” Judging that 38 years old was too late to change career, Baronian gave up the idea of dressing the others but his own wardrobe. Sometimes he can be easily spotted in the crowd with his outfits brimming with colours and styles! People close to Albert Baronian knew his “favorite lists” other than art – music (play list: Mozart), bicycle (le Tour de France), wine, and perhaps cooking occupies the top position. Selina Ting Opening a gallery for me is a political engagement. Celebrating 40th Anniversary – Arte Povera’s way Selina Ting [ST] : On 6 September 2013,
Helen Chadwick, No. 1: Black Sun 1989
February 17 | Arte Povera master Jannis Kounellis has passed away
Greek-Italian artist Jannis Kounellis passed away yesterday evening, aged 80.
Dealer Paul Kasmin joins Invaluable
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