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ID: 500047400 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500047400			Record Type: Person

Kounellis, Jannis (Greek-born Italian sculptor, performance artist, and painter, 1936-2017)

Note: Associated with Arte Povera; he participated in the "Arte povera-Im spazio" exhibition in Genoa in 1967. His work often involved the juxtaposition of objects, materials, and actions antithetical to one another; geometric metal shapes are contrasted with such materials as cotton, earth, plants and animals. Elements are often chosen for their smell, tactile qualities, and symbolic associations. Language and text have also played key roles. His work employed elements such as painting and collage mixed with created 'environments' and performance.

Names:
	Kounellis, Jannis (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
	Kounellis, Jannis (Dutch-P,NA)
	Jannis Kounellis (V,display)
	Kounellis, Gianni (V)
	Kunellis, I︠A︡nnis (U)
	Kounellēs, Giannēs (U)
	קונליס, יאניס (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Nationalities:
	Greek (preferred)
	Italian

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	sculptor
	performance artist
	painter
	designer
	installation artist
	draftsman
	graphic artist
	theatrical painter
	teacher
	photographer

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Piraeus (Attikí regional division, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece) (inhabited place) Died: Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)

Events:

active:

Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

colleague of ....	Spalletti, Ettore
......................	(Italian installation artist and painter, 1940-2019) [500101280]

student of ....	Scialoja, Toti
..................	(Italian painter and poet, 1914-1998) [500012126]

teacher of ....	Basso, Dario
..................	(Spanish painter, 1966-) [500687713]

teacher of ....	Löhr, Christiane
..................	(German sculptor, born 1965) [500116330]

teacher of ....	Schramm, Felix
..................	(German installation artist, born 1970) [500355919]

teacher of ....	Schulte Kellinghaus, Bärbel
..................	(German sculptor, 1965-) [500639145]

teacher of ....	Yun Lee
..................	(Japanese photographer, 1967-) [500684715]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Kounellis, Jannis (I)

Biographies:

(Greek-born Italian sculptor, performance artist, and painter, 1936-2017) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Italian sculptor b.1936) ..... [GRLPA]
(Italian artist, b.1936) ..... [BHA]
(Greek artist, born 1936) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Greek sculptor, born 1936) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Greek designer, born 1936) ..... [AVERY]
(Greek painter) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, born 1936) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(Greek artist, 1936-2017) ..... [MoMA]
(Greek artist, 1936-2017) ..... [IMJ]
(Greek sculptor, 1936-2017) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

קונליס, יאניס ........	[IMJ]
..........................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database

Jannis Kounellis ........	[GRISC, MoMA, VP]
..................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)

Kounellēs, Giannēs ........	[GRL]
......................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 82165933

Kounellis, Gianni ........	[GRL, GRLPA Preferred]
....................................	Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 82165933

Kounellis, Jannis ........	[AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
....................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
....................................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
....................................	Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................................	Grimes, Jannis Kounellis, New York Times (2017) obit.
....................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................................	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 19 Dec 2002
....................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 82165933
....................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 46116
....................................	Witt Library, Authority files
....................................	Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera [exhibition pamphlet] (2002)

Kunellis, I︠A︡nnis ........	[GRL]
.......................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 82165933


Note:
English	..........	[AVERY, CL-Courtauld, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Grimes, Jannis Kounellis, New York Times (2017) obit.
	..........	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 19 Dec 2002
	..........	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
	..........	Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera [exhibition pamphlet] (2002)

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