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Jannis Kounellis Biography
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1936 |
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Born in Piraeus, Greece
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1956 |
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Enrolled at the Academy of Arts in Rome, Italy
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Jannis Kounellis lives and works in Rome and Dusseldorf, where he has been a professor at the academy of arts since 1993
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011 - 2012
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Jannis Kounellis, Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré-Sammlung Kleve, Kleve, Germany (solo)
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2011 - 2012
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Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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2011
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3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art - Thessaloniki, Greece
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2011
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The Last Grand Tour, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece
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2011
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Zettels Traum, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
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2011
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Che fare? Arte povera. Die historischen Jahre, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
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2011
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Islands never found, Musée d´Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
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2011
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris (solo)
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2010 - 2011
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Socle du Monde 2010, Between Cultures, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark
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2010 - 2011
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The Private Museum, Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Bergamo, Italy
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2010 - 2011
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Noli me tangere! Berühre mich nicht / Halte mich nicht fest, Kolumba Kunstmuseum, Cologne
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2010
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Jannis Kounellis: Domingo Ultimo Dia!, Matadero Madrid (solo)
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2010
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St. Moritz Art Masters 2010, Kult oder Kunst, St. Moritz Art Masters, Switzerland
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2010
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Islands Never Found, State Museum of Contemporary Art - Thessaloniki, Greece
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2010
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Che Fare? Arte povera - The historic years, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
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2010
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Forms of Contingency: New York and Turin, 1960s-1970s, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
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2010
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All art has been contemporary, Kunsthalle Hamburg, ,Hamburg, Germany
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2010
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Gipfeltreffen der Moderne - Das Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
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2010
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PressArt. Die Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
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2010
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Modern Times: responding to chaos, Kettle´s Yard, Cambridge, Great Britain
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2009 - 2010
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Jannis Kounellis. Freedom or death – La libertà o morte, Heart Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark (solo)
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2009
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1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany (group)
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2009
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Gegen den Strich. 15 Jahre Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (group)
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2009
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Jannis Kounellis, Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italy (solo)
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2009
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Jannis Kounellis, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italy (solo)
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2009
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Installation in the church SS.Apostoli, Roma, Italy
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2009
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Matadero, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2009
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Freedom or Death, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark (solo)
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2009
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Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
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2008
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Jannis Kounellis: The Gospel According to Thomas, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Christian Stein, Milan, Italy (solo)
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2008
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Galleria Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Jannis Kounellis. Das Thomas Evangelium, Bank im Bistum Essen EG and Hypothekenbank Essen, Essen, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Jannis Kounellis. La storia e il presente, Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza, Italy (solo)
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2007
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Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2006
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Jannis Kounellis. Atto Unico, La Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan (solo)
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2006
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Jannis Kounellis, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein (solo)
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2006
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Where Are We Going? Opere scelte dalla Collezione Francois Pinault, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
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2006
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Corrispondenze. Dal presente al pasato, Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
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2005
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Edinburgh College of Art und Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK (solo)
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2005
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Jannis Kounellis. Opus I, Albertina, Wien and Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France (solo)
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2005
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Italian Art 1950-1970. Masterpieces from the Farnesina Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
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2005
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Arte Povera, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
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2005
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Atto Primo and Atto Secondo. La Collezione, MADRE Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
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2005
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Kounellis, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France (solo)
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2004
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Jannis Kounellis. New Works, Sprovieri, London, UK (solo)
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2004
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Kounellis in Sarajevo, Ars Aevi Forum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (solo)
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2004
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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2004
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Kounellis, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Immendorf Kounellis, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
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2004
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Shanghai Art Museum: Encounters with Modernism, Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2004
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Works and Days, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
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2004
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Photo Image in American Prints: 1960s-1990s, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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2003
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Jannis Kounellis at St. John's Church, St. John's Church (Herning Kunstmuseum), Herning, Denmark (solo)
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2003
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Jannis Kounellis, Torrione Passari, Molfetta, Italy (solo)
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2003
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Jannis Kounellis, Monastero Mechitarista, Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2003
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Jannis Kounellis, Palais de l’Unesco, Paris, France (solo)
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2003
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Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
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2002
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Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (solo)
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2002
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Senza Titolo…, Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland (solo)
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2002
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Jannis Kounellis, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium (solo)
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2002
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Opening of stazione Dante, subway, Naples, Italy (solo)
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2001
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy (solo)
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2001
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Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay (solo)
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2001
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Bottini dell’Olio, Livorno, Italy (solo)
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2001
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Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France (solo)
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2001
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Notturno tenebroso, Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Kounellis, Prato, Gli Ori, Italy
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2000
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Jannis Kounellis en Mexico, Chiesa di San Auguitin, Citta del Messico, Mexico
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1999
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Jannis Kounellis. II Sarcofago degli Sposi, Osterreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
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1998
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Jannis Kounellis, via monte di Tappia, Naples, Italy
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1998
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Kounellis, Galerie Leiong, Paris, France
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1998
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Alfredo Pirri, Jannis Kounellis Bernhard Rudiger, Volume!, Rome, Italy
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1997
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Kounellis, Refettorio delle Stelline, Milan, Italy
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1997
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Jannis Kounellis. Die Front, das Denken, der Sturm, Museum Ludwig in der Halle Kalk, Cologne, Germany
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1996
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Kounellis, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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1996
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Kounellis, Castelluccio di Pienza - La Foce, Siena, Italy
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1996
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Jannis Kounellis, Galleria Bernd Kluser, Monaco
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1996
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Jannis Kounellis. La Balera, Galleria Loza Koper, Capodistria, Italy
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1995
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Kounellis, Salara, Bologna, Italy
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1995
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Jannis Kounellis, Chateau de Plieux, Plieux, France
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1995
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Jannis Kounellis. Die eiserne Runde, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
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1994
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Kounellis. Fumo di pietra, Galerie Leiong, Chatellerault, France
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1993
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Jannis Kounellis, Lineare notturno, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany
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1993
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Jannis Kounellis, Belvedere, Castello, Prague, Czech Republic
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1992
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Jannis Kounellis, Cimitero di Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy
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1992
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Kounellis, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
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1992
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Kounellis, La commedia dell'arte, Lucio Amelio s.r.L, Naples, Italy
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1991
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Kounellis - Frammenti di Memoria, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Kunst Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland
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1991
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Kounellis, Casa Centrale degli Artisti, Nuova Tretjakov, Moscow, Russia
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1991
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Kounellis, Galerie Leiong, Zurich, Switzerland
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1991
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Jannis Kounellis, Synagoge Stommein, Pulheim, Germany
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1990
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Kounellis, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
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1990
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Kounellis, Espai Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain
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1990
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Kounellis, Via del mare, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1990
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La stanza vede, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands
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| Literature |
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2007
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Jannis Kounellis, ed. by Bruno Corà, Edizioni 'Il Ponte' Firenze, Florenz 2007
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2006
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Jannis Kounellis, MADRE Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina Napoli, Mailand 2006
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2004
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Jannis Kounellis, ed. by Gloria Moure, Electa, Mailand, 2004
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2003
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Jannis Kounellis, ed. by Stephen Bann, Itineraries, London, 2003
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2003
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Kounellis, Labirinti, ed. by Bruno Corà, Gli Ori, 2003
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2002
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Kounellis, Das Thomas Evangelium, Har-El Printers&Publishers, Jaffa, 2002
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2001
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Kounellis, Works, Writings 1958-2000 - Editions Poligrafa
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1991
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Gloria Moure, Kounellis - Editions Cercle d'Art
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1990
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Kounellis, Odyssée lagunaire - Daniel Lelong éditeur
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