Jannis Kounellis

Jannis Kounellis, an undisputed master of a form of art that revolutionized painting on its appearance in the 1960s, is the subject of this work, published to accompany two exhibitions held in Bergamo, one at the Galleria Fumagalli and the other at the Oratorio di San Lupo. Both shows feature new works and installations designed and created specifically for the spaces available and in accordance with their particular characteristics: two intrinsically dissimilar settings – and also two different commissions – which combine to establish a perfect mechanism of dialogue in which the events unfold.
As a whole, Kounellis’s work in Bergamo addresses the questions of art and mankind, bearing witness to trajectories and reflections that have always been central to his artistic vision.