Jannis Kounellis

by Mary Jane Jacob

Book Overview

In 1969, Greek-born Jannis Kounellis famously exhibited 11 live horses at Rome's Galleria l'Attico. Kounellis, who has been living in Rome since the beginning of his career, is a pioneer of the Arte Povera movement, which originated in Italy in the mid-60s and is characterized by antiestablishment media (like street theater) and antielitist materials (like rope, rocks and discarded metal). Kounellis preferred dirt, fire, gold, burlap sacks, smoke...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933856237
• ISBN13: 9780933856233
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 0.8" x 9.3"