Jannis Kounellis in six acts / edited by Vincenzo de Bellis; with contributions by Michelle Coudray, Vincenzo de Bellis, Claire Gilman, Kit Hammonds, William Hernndez Luege, Jannis Kounellis, Ara H. Merjian.
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Jannis Kounellis in Six Acts,' Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, October 14, 2022-February 26, 2023, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, April 1-September 17, 2023--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Mary Ceruti -- Acknowledgments / Vincenzo de Bellis -- Jannis Kounellis: Six (and more) acts of a story / Vincenzo de Bellis -- Works in the exhibition -- Kounellis and the melodrama of painting / Claire Gilman -- The traveler in the labyrinth: Collected thoughts & writings of Jannis Kounellis / selected by Michelle Coudray and edited by William Hernandez Luege -- Displacements: Kounellis and the aesthetics of catachresis / Ara H. Merjian -- Living pictures: Jannis Kounellis's live actions 1960-2016 / Michelle Coudray and Vincenzo de Bellis -- Jannis Kounellis: A theatrical cavity / Kit Hammonds -- Key moments & sites of invention: Selected exhibition history / compiled by Archivio Kounellis.
Summary:
Over the course of more than five decades, Jannis Kounellis developed a singular practice across painting, works on paper, sculpture, installation and hybrid works combining objects with live performance. Playing a central role in the Italian Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, Kounellis created wide-ranging and innovative works exploring theater, migration, history, politics and other themes, which continue to influence subsequent generations of artists. Published by the Walker Art Center for the first US Kounellis survey in over 35 years, Jannis Kounellis in Six Acts offers the most comprehensive assessment of his career to date. The illustrated catalog, assembled with the full cooperation of the artist's estate and archive, presents a first-of-its-kind collection of visual materials and Kounellis' writings, including image-based exhibition and performance chronologies. The volume also features essays by Vincenzo de Bellis, Claire Gilman, Kit Hammonds and Ara H. Merjian.
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