Jannis Kounellis in Six Acts
2022
Edited with text by Vincenzo de Bellis. Foreword by Mary Ceruti. Text by Michelle Coudray, Claire Gilman, Kit Hammonds, William Hernández Luege, Jannis Kounellis, and Ara H. Merjian.
Design Director: Emmet Byrne
Designer: Ben Schwartz
Editor: Pamela Johnson
Publications Manager: Jake Yuzna
Indexer: Enid Zafran
Image Specialist: Colour & Books
Printed by MUSUMECI S.p.A a socio unico, Italy
Typefaces: Linotype Vega; Bistream Geometric 212
Paper: 100 gsm Munken Pure rough 1.4
Over the course of more than five decades, Jannis Kounellis developed a singular practice across painting, works on paper, sculpture, installation and hybrid works combining objects with live performance. Playing a central role in the Italian Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, Kounellis created wide-ranging and innovative works exploring theater, migration, history, politics and other themes, which continue to influence subsequent generations of artists.
Published by the Walker Art Center for the first US Kounellis survey in over 35 years, Jannis Kounellis in Six Acts offers the most comprehensive assessment of his career to date. The richly illustrated catalog, assembled with the full cooperation of the artist’s estate and archive, presents a first-of-its-kind collection of visual materials and Kounellis’ writings, including image-based exhibition and performance chronologies.