Jannis Kounellis's early career was as a painter who created works inspired by simple images like street advertisements. However as he became immersed in
Arte Povera, an artistic realm which challenged conventional political, societal and artistic norms Kounellis also branched out into sculpture and installation art.
« I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but if I were to accept this business of conceptual art I would have no reason to exist. »
Jannis Kounellis
Jannis Kounellis’s public collections have been displayed in famous museums like the Tate in London, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Group displays of his Kounellis and other artists invo
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Jannis Kounellis's early career was as a painter who created works inspired by simple images like street advertisements. However as he became immersed in
Arte Povera, an artistic realm which challenged conventional political, societal and artistic norms Kounellis also branched out into sculpture and installation art.
« I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but if I were to accept this business of conceptual art I would have no reason to exist. »
Jannis Kounellis
Jannis Kounellis’s public collections have been displayed in famous museums like the Tate in London, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Group displays of his Kounellis and other artists involved with the
Arte Povera movement were seen in shows across Europe from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s. Jannis Kounellis, along with
Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro,
Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali and Emilio Prini were charter members of the
Arte Povera movement.
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