{"id":10075,"date":"2022-11-23T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10075"},"modified":"2022-11-23T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T13:28:53","slug":"jannis-kounellis-at-gladstone-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/23\/jannis-kounellis-at-gladstone-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannis Kounellis at Gladstone Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Describing himself as a \u2018Greek man and an Italian artist,\u2019 the late Jannis Kounellis was a founder of Arte Povera, a movement that emerged from the desire of post-war Italian artists to embrace materials more linked to everyday life than to fine art.\u00a0 In this piece from 2016, Kounellis sourced outdoor sheds, placing them on beds of coals arranged in a grid around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gladstonegallery.com\/exhibition\/10472\/jannis-kounellis\/installation-views\">Gladstone Gallery<\/a>\u2019s spacious 21<sup>st<\/sup> Street location.\u00a0 Iron panels line the walls, holding a rope and bent pieces of metal that resemble an alphabet. \u00a0Though not meant to be interpreted literally, Kounellis\u2019 materials are evocative \u2013 coal suggesting fire and the wooden sheds standing in for fuel while looking like makeshift coffins.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s the death of the industrial past hinted at by the old railway sheds or more contemporary losses, this somber installation acts as a reminder to pause and reflect.\u00a0 (On view through Dec 23<sup>rd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/434ebad2-48f9-ba9a-9960-b75d3b03816a.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jannis Kounellis, Untitled, iron panels, bent metal, metal hooks; 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