Reviews

One of the founding figures of Italian Arte Povera, Jannis Kounellis had spent the past 50 years creating works about everyday life, mixing found objects with handmade elements. Now 77 and based in Rome. the Greek artist, who first showed in New York in 1972 at Sonnabend Gallery, is a pioneer of installation art, especially notable for introducing shelves as a way of displaying common goods in artworks. that innovation alone paved the way for artists such as Haim Steinbach, Carol Bove and many others.--Paul Laster "Time Out Magazine"