Jannis Kounellis was born in Piraeus in Greece and has lived and worked in Rome since 1956. He was a seminal contributor to the radically and internationally influential Arte Povera group. Often epic in scale, Kounellis’s work possesses a grandeur that reflects his frequent choice of themes and ideas from the past and particularly from Ancient Greece. (© Tate, London 2016) Untitled, 1960, AR00614 [RB]Untitled, 1969, AR00069 [RB]Bells, 1993, AR00071 [RB & GB]Untitled, 1993, AR00072 [RB & GB]Untitled, 1971, AR00497 [RB]Untitled, 2004, AR00073 [RB]Coal Sculpture with Wall of Coloured Glass, 1990-2005, AR00070 [RB]Untitled, 2006, AL00186 [RB]Untitled, 1960-98, AR00068 [RB] [RB | Ruth Burgon; GB | Georgina Bolton] This article was published on 2025-01-21
