The retrospective exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein shows Jannis Kounellis' way from the early letter- and number pictures via his sculptural works created in the context of Arte Povera, all the way to the late monumental, dramatic picture-productions.

Coal, fire, coffee, iron and sheep's wool – organic and inorganic materials are basic elements in Jannis Kounellis's work. He uses their aesthetic force to have his works appeal to all senses. At the same time he tries to put the static in motion. Metamorphosis and change run through his entire pictorial oeuvre which has grown over five decades. With his work he constructs fields of tension between nature and culture, between order and sensuousness, between the legacy of the past and the contradictions of the present. Elementary aspects of life and the spiritual as well as the tragic, mythology and history are interwoven in a po-etic and theatrical manner in his work.

The exhibition was developed in cooperation with the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina in Naples (MADRE) and in close collaboration with the artist.

More pictures to this exhibition

  • Jannis Kounellis
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Jannis Kounellis
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Jannis Kounellis
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Jannis Kounellis
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Opening
  • Thu, 19.10.2006
    18.00
  • Guided tours
  • Thu, 26.10.2006
    18.00
  • Sun, 19.11.2006
    18.00
  • Thu, 23.11.2006
    18.00
  • Thu, 18.1.2007
    18.00
  • Thu 19.10.

    Opening

    Jannis Kounellis
  • Thu 26.10.

    Guided tour

    Jannis Kounellis
    with Christiane Meyer-Stoll
  • Thu 9.11.

    Film

    Jannis Kounellis – fragments of a diary
    by Heinz Peter Schwerfel, D 1996, 45'
  • Sun 12.11.

    Families

    family sunday
    for children from 5 up to 10 years and their (grand)parents
  • Thu 16.11.

    Reading

    open worlds
    an encounter with personal testimonials from Jannis Kounellis
    with Fritz Hammel, actor, Vienna/Berlin/Planken
  • Sun 19.11.

    Guided tour

    Jannis Kounellis
    with Christina Jacoby
  • Thu 23.11.

    Guided tour

    Jannis Kounellis
    with Kristin Schmidt
  • Thu 30.11.

    Workshop

    Senza titolo
    materialworkshop for adults
    with Barbara Redmann
  • Thu 14.12.

    Film

    Johannespassion by Johann Sebastian Bach
    in cooperation with the musicschool liechtenstein
  • Sun 14.1.

    Families

    family sunday
    for children from 5 up to 10 years and their (grand)parents
  • Thu 18.1.

    Guided tour

    Jannis Kounellis
    with Christiane Meyer-Stoll
  • Sat 20.1.

    Art on Suturday

    deepening workshop with theoretical and pratical elements
    with Anette Philp
    in cooperation with the \"Erwachsenenbildung Stein Egerta\", Schaan