Jannis Kounellis was one of the cofounders of Arte Povera in Italy in the 1960s. His work combines apparently contradictory substances, forms, and principles to explore themes involving the basic principles of life: heat and distance, transience and endurance, creation and decay. There is no hierarchy among materials in his art: coffee, coal, oil lamps, steel plates, gas flames, shoes, and fabric all play equally important roles in his installations. This monograph covers every period of Kounellis' career -- from early ...
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Jannis Kounellis was one of the cofounders of Arte Povera in Italy in the 1960s. His work combines apparently contradictory substances, forms, and principles to explore themes involving the basic principles of life: heat and distance, transience and endurance, creation and decay. There is no hierarchy among materials in his art: coffee, coal, oil lamps, steel plates, gas flames, shoes, and fabric all play equally important roles in his installations. This monograph covers every period of Kounellis' career -- from early pictures with numbers and letters, to creations using coal and fire, to his works of the 1990s.
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Add this copy of Jannis Kounellis to cart. $2,477.00, like new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Mazzotta.
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As New. 882020536X. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION--Text in Italian. 196 pp. With 185 ills. (9 col. ). 23 x 21 cm. --with a bonus offer--
Add this copy of Jannis Kounellis: a Cura Di Germano Celant to cart. $89.00, very good condition, Sold by Hourglass Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, BC, CANADA, published 1983 by Mazzotta.
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Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Book Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musei Communati, Sal'Arte Contemporanea in Rimini, Italy from July 16th to September 30th 1983; essays in Italian by twenty-three different authors; well illustrated with black and white photographs of Kounellis' sculptural and performance works; 194 page.
