Jannis Kounellis in der Neuen Nationalgalerie =
Subtitle: Jannis Kounellis in the Neue Nationalgalerie
By: Herausgegeben von Angela Schneider, Anke Daemgen ; [Redaktion, Anke Daemgen, Melanie Wilken ; Übersetzungen, Nikolaus G. Schneider, George Frederick Takis].
Contributors: Schneider, Angela.; Daemgen, Anke.; Wilken, Melanie.; Neue Nationalgalerie (Germany)
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ostfildern
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9783775721080
Subjects: Kounellis, Jannis, -- 1936- -- Exhibitions; Installations (Art) -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Jannis Kounellis in the Neue Nationalgalerie.; Jannis Kounellis.; Kounellis.
Description: "Born in Piraeus in 1936 but living in Rome since the mid-fifties, Jannis Kounellis is considered one of the pioneers of Arte Povera, a movement which seeks to construct installations using cheap and primarily "unartistic" materials such as sacks, coal, coffee, and gas. These unusual materials help the artist to create "pictures" which convey a sense of forgotten forces of an archaic world." "This publication accompanies the latest work of the Greco-Italian artist, who has assembled his installation in the form of a labyrinth in the upper hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. In the open-plan, seemingly endless hall, Kounellis has used sheets of metal to erect an apparently impenetrable labyrinth. In the various rooms resulting from this maze's existence, we discover and explore works from the different stages of the artist's creative development - it is as though we are on a journey through his life."--Jacket.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Nov. 8, 2007-Feb. 24, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231).

Text in German and English.
Table of contents: title: Jannis Kounellis : das Labyrinth in der Neuen Nationalgalerie = the labyrinth in the Neue Nationalgalerie / Angela Schneider; title: Die Odyssee des Europäers Kounellis = The odyssey of Kounellis the European / Marc Scheps.