About The Work
Since the late 1960s Jannis Kounellis has held an interest in alchemy, converting unorthodox materials into rich sources of meaning. Made to accompany his exhibition at Stadtisches Museum in Mönchengladbach, which ran from May 11th to June 11th in 1978, this boxed catalogue contains cards printed with Die Skythen, a poem written in 1918 by Russian lyrical poet Aleksandr Blok, along with a multiple made of compressed board, tissue, and a line of explosive powder. The work is intended to be ignited–an action that, like much of his art, is at once anti-elitist and transformative.
About Jannis Kounellis
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Boxed catalogue, tissue with gunpowder laminated over metalstick (to be burned by the owner), title and imprint page, 3 text pages with poem
8.00 x 6.50 x 1.25 in
20.3 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm
numbered, not signed as issued
About The Work
Since the late 1960s Jannis Kounellis has held an interest in alchemy, converting unorthodox materials into rich sources of meaning. Made to accompany his exhibition at Stadtisches Museum in Mönchengladbach, which ran from May 11th to June 11th in 1978, this boxed catalogue contains cards printed with Die Skythen, a poem written in 1918 by Russian lyrical poet Aleksandr Blok, along with a multiple made of compressed board, tissue, and a line of explosive powder. The work is intended to be ignited–an action that, like much of his art, is at once anti-elitist and transformative.
About Jannis Kounellis
From The Magazine
- Art 101: What Was Arte Povera? Hair, Horses, Cabbage, and Italian Artists' Response to the War
- Contributors: Collectors Susan and Michael Hort's Favorite Artworks at FIAC and Paris Internationale 2016
- Interviews & Features: Why Won’t Artists Leave Animals Alone? On the Questionable Ethics, and Rising Popularity, of Critter Art
- Interviews & Features: What Does 2016 Hold for the Art World? Read Forecasts From Artists, Dealers, Collectors, Curators, & More
- Art 101: My Cat Could Do That: A Brief History of Animals in Contemporary Art
- Since the late 1960s Jannis Kounellis has held an interest in alchemy, converting unorthodox materials into rich sources of meaning. Made to accompany his exhibition at Stadtisches Museum in Mönchengladbach, which ran from May 11th to June 11th in 1978, this boxed catalogue contains cards printed with Die Skythen, a poem written in 1918 by Russian lyrical poet Aleksandr Blok, along with a multiple made of compressed board, tissue, and a line of explosive powder. The work is intended to be ignited an action that, like much of his art, is at once anti-elitist and transformative.
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