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Jannis Kounellis
(
Greek
, 1936–2017)
Jannis Kounellis
Manifesto Per Un Teatro Utopistico,
1979
9,500 USD
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1936
Born in Piraeus, Greece
1956
Enrolled at the Academy of Arts in Rome, Italy
Exhibitions
2015
Italian Pavillon, Biennale Venice - ITALIE
Musee d'art moderne de St Etienne - FRANCE
2014
Galerie Lelong, Paris - FRANCE
On the road / En el camino / No camiño, Palacio de Gelmírez, Sanstiago de Compostella, Spain
Jannis Kounellis, Cheim & Reid, New York, NY, United States (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Galleri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Fragile?, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Jannis Kounellis, curated by Bruno Corá, Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (solo)
Kounellis: Trieste, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
Un dialogo tra due opere, with Bizhan Bassiri, Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy (solo)
Kounellis: Trieste, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
Arte Povera, Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
Within a Common Horizon: Pino Pascali & Jannis Kounellis, Luxembourg & Dayan, London, UK
2013
Un dialogo tra due opere, with Bizhan Bassiri, Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy
Jannis Kounellis, curated by Bruno Corá, Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (solo)
Beaufort04, Triennal of Contemporaray Art by the sea, De Panne, Belgium
Arte Povera in città, GAMeC Galleria d`Arte Moderna et Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
Kounellis, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino, Italy (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece (solo)
S.T. – Jannis Kounellis, Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (solo)
Jannis Kounellis. Disegni e manufatti, Hilsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, Great Britain (solo)
Untitled, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Museum am Dom, Würzburg, Germany (solo)
Asche und Gold.Eine Weltreise / Ashes and Gold. A World’s Journey, MARTa Herford, Herfordshire, UK
Lux Perpetua, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
Jannis Kounellis, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany (solo)
ART and PRESS, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Art in Italy, Galleria Cardi, Milano, Italy
Beaufort04, Triennal of Contemporaray Art by the sea, De Panne, Belgium
Lux Perpetua, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
ART and PRESS, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
ART and PRESS, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Rendevouz der Maler III, Akademie-Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Det mentale landskab. Paesaggi della mente, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem, Denmark
Det mentale landskab. Paesaggi della mente, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem, Denmark
Rendevouz der Maler III, Akademie-Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Returns to Art, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy
Contemporary Art in Italy, Galleria Cardi, Milano, Italy
Art Returns to Art, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy
Museum Kurhaus, Kleve - ALLEMAGNE
2012
Arte Povera: The great awakening, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Arte Povera in città, GAMeC Galleria d`Arte Moderna et Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2011 - 2012
Jannis Kounellis, Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré-Sammlung Kleve, Kleve, Germany (solo)
2011
3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art - Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie Lelong, Paris – France
I hate Paul Klee. Papierarbeiten und Künstlerbücher aus der Sammlung Speck,Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermueum Düren, Düren, Germany
Viaggiando, Christian Stein, Milano, Italy
Welttheater. Die Sammlung migros museum für gegenwartskunst Zürich, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Jannis Kounellis, Parasol Unit, London, UK (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Galeriartist, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Jannis Kounellis per Cortonantiquaria, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy (solo)
Collezione Christian Stein. Una storia dell’arte italiana, Museo Cantonale d’Arte , Lugano, Italy
Jannis Kounellis, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris (solo)
Islands never found, Musée d´Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Che fare? Arte povera. Die historischen Jahre, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
Zettels Traum, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
The Last Grand Tour, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece
Kounellis feu / contre-feu Klein, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2010 - 2011
Socle du Monde 2010, Between Cultures, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark
The Private Museum, Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Bergamo, Italy
Noli me tangere! Berühre mich nicht / Halte mich nicht fest, Kolumba Kunstmuseum, Cologne
Modern Times: responding to chaos, Kettle´s Yard, Cambridge, Great Britain
Jannis Kounellis, Galerie Fred Jahn, München, Germany (solo)
Ambika P3, University of Westminster organized by Sprovieri Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Galerie Fred Jahn, München, Germany (solo)
Ambika P3, University of Westminster organized by Sprovieri Gallery, London, UK (solo)
PressArt. Die Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Islands Never Found, State Museum of Contemporary Art - Thessaloniki, Greece
All art has been contemporary, Kunsthalle Hamburg, ,Hamburg, Germany
Forms of Contingency: New York and Turin, 1960s-1970s, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
Che Fare? Arte povera - The historic years, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
St. Moritz Art Masters 2010, Kult oder Kunst, St. Moritz Art Masters, Switzerland
2010
Jannis Kounellis: Domingo Ultimo Dia!, Matadero Madrid (solo)
Gipfeltreffen der Moderne - Das Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
2009 - 2010
Jannis Kounellis. Freedom or death – La libertà o morte, Heart Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark (solo)
Barock, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
En mais, fais ce qu’il te plâit, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France
Kounellis, Galerie Christian Stein, Milan, Italy (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Galleria Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
Freedom or Death, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Matadero, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Matadero, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
Förg-Kounellis-Nash-Plensa-Rainer, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Jannis Kounellis, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
Imperium. Chapter 1: !Que Viva México!, Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig, Germany
Förg-Kounellis-Nash-Plensa-Rainer, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
En mais, fais ce qu’il te plâit, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France
Barock, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
Imperium. Chapter 1: !Que Viva México!, Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig, Germany
Jannis Kounellis & Sean Scully. Markierungen, 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Installation in the church SS.Apostoli, Roma, Italy
Jannis Kounellis, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italy (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italy (solo)
Gegen den Strich. 15 Jahre Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (group)
2009
1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Jannis Kounellis & Sean Scully. Markierungen, 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Galleria Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
2008
Jannis Kounellis: The Gospel According to Thomas, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Christian Stein, Milan, Italy (solo)
2007
Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Jannis Kounellis. Das Thomas Evangelium, Bank im Bistum Essen EG and Hypothekenbank Essen, Essen, Germany (solo)
Jannis Kounellis. La storia e il presente, Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza, Italy (solo)
Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany (solo)
Corrispondenze. Dal presente al pasato, Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Where Are We Going? Opere scelte dalla Collezione Francois Pinault, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
2006
Jannis Kounellis. Atto Unico, La Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein (solo)
2005
Edinburgh College of Art und Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK (solo)
Jannis Kounellis. Opus I, Albertina, Wien and Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France (solo)
Italian Art 1950-1970. Masterpieces from the Farnesina Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Arte Povera, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
Atto Primo and Atto Secondo. La Collezione, MADRE Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
Kounellis, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France (solo)
Kounellis in Sarajevo, Ars Aevi Forum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (solo)
2004
Jannis Kounellis. New Works, Sprovieri, London, UK (solo)
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (solo)
Kounellis, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Immendorf Kounellis, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
Shanghai Art Museum: Encounters with Modernism, Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Works and Days, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Photo Image in American Prints: 1960s-1990s, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Monastero Mechitarista, Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Palais de l’Unesco, Paris, France (solo)
2003
Jannis Kounellis at St. John's Church, St. John's Church (Herning Kunstmuseum), Herning, Denmark (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Torrione Passari, Molfetta, Italy (solo)
2002
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (solo)
Senza Titolo…, Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland (solo)
Jannis Kounellis, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium (solo)
Opening of stazione Dante, subway, Naples, Italy (solo)
Kounellis, Prato, Gli Ori, Italy
Notturno tenebroso, Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Germany (solo)
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France (solo)
Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Bottini dell’Olio, Livorno, Italy (solo)
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay (solo)
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy (solo)
2001
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2000
Jannis Kounellis en Mexico, Chiesa di San Auguitin, Citta del Messico, Mexico
1999
Jannis Kounellis. II Sarcofago degli Sposi, Osterreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1998
Jannis Kounellis, via monte di Tappia, Naples, Italy
Kounellis, Galerie Leiong, Paris, France
Alfredo Pirri, Jannis Kounellis Bernhard Rudiger, Volume!, Rome, Italy
Jannis Kounellis. Die Front, das Denken, der Sturm, Museum Ludwig in der Halle Kalk, Cologne, Germany
1997
Kounellis, Refettorio delle Stelline, Milan, Italy
1996
Kounellis, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Kounellis, Castelluccio di Pienza - La Foce, Siena, Italy
Jannis Kounellis, Galleria Bernd Kluser, Monaco
Jannis Kounellis. La Balera, Galleria Loza Koper, Capodistria, Italy
1995
Kounellis, Salara, Bologna, Italy
Jannis Kounellis, Chateau de Plieux, Plieux, France
Jannis Kounellis. Die eiserne Runde, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
1994
Kounellis. Fumo di pietra, Galerie Leiong, Chatellerault, France
Jannis Kounellis, Belvedere, Castello, Prague, Czech Republic
1993
Jannis Kounellis, Lineare notturno, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany
1992
Jannis Kounellis, Cimitero di Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy
Kounellis, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Kounellis, La commedia dell'arte, Lucio Amelio s.r.L, Naples, Italy
1991
Kounellis - Frammenti di Memoria, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Kunst Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Kounellis, Casa Centrale degli Artisti, Nuova Tretjakov, Moscow, Russia
Kounellis, Galerie Leiong, Zurich, Switzerland
Jannis Kounellis, Synagoge Stommein, Pulheim, Germany
Kounellis, Espai Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain
Kounellis, Via del mare, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
Kounellis, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
La stanza vede, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands
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Public Collections
Dr. Nils Forsblom Collection, California
Literature
2007
Jannis Kounellis, ed. by Bruno Corà, Edizioni 'Il Ponte' Firenze, Florenz 2007
2006
Jannis Kounellis, MADRE Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina Napoli, Mailand 2006
2004
Jannis Kounellis, ed. by Gloria Moure, Electa, Mailand, 2004
2003
Jannis Kounellis, ed. by Stephen Bann, Itineraries, London, 2003
Kounellis, Labirinti, ed. by Bruno Corà, Gli Ori, 2003
2002
Kounellis, Das Thomas Evangelium, Har-El Printers&Publishers, Jaffa, 2002
2001
Kounellis, Works, Writings 1958-2000 - Editions Poligrafa
1991
Gloria Moure, Kounellis - Editions Cercle d'Art
1990
Odyssée lagunaire, Ecrits et entretiens (1966-1989); Lelong Editeur, 232 pages
Kounellis, Odyssée lagunaire - Daniel Lelong éditeur