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Jannis Kounellis Research Paper

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Jannis Kounellis, born in 1936 in Piraeus, and living in Rome since 1956, is one of the most influential proponent of radical and revolutionary art of the 60s. Since 1956, he has been active in Italy, instantly becoming recognized and praised all over the world. Before the Arte Povera has been defined by the curator and art historian Germano Celant in 1967, Kounellis experimented within the medium of painting, incorporating found objects and non-traditional material into his art, consequently adopting more performative approach towards his art. By the end of 60s, the time of the Amalfi Festival (1968), "When Attitudes Become Form" at the Kunsthalle Bern, and "Op Losse Schroeven" at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (both 1969), Kounellis held an individual show at the Galleria L'Attico in Rome (1969). …show more content…

Besides the Arte Povera circle, Kounellis has also greatly contributed to the Fluxus movement in the mid-70s, and around the same time he began to appear at the most esteemed exhibitions, such as biennials in Tokyo, Paris and Venice, and the Documenta in Kassel (1972, 1977, 1982). Today his art constitutes an essential part of numerous museum and public collections, including the MoMA and Guggenheim in New York, MOCA in Los Angeles, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Tate Britain in

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