Jannis Kounellis. The Room Sees

24.07.2024

Presented in Italy for the first time, the Jannis Kounellis exhibition, The Room Sees (drawn 1973-1990) at the Museo degli Eremitani in Padua exhibits 100 drawings, sketches, gouache, and other projects by Jannis Kounellis (Greece, 1936-2017).

The exhibition investigates the central role of drawing in the artistic practice of the naturalized Greek painter and sculptor, a leading exponent of what the critic Germano Celant defined as Arte Povera.

Drawing is considered an integral part of Kounellis' creative process. The nucleus of works on paper presents different thematic sections, including preparatory projects for works, sketches of installations, and representations of female figures, and faces.

Additionally, Jannis Kounellis’s work "Resistance and Liberation" is displayed in the New Courtyard of Palazzo Bo of the University of Padua.

The Room Sees exhibition is open daily (9 am to 7 pm) from 27 July to 17 November 2024.

The price is included in the entrance ticket to the Eremitani Museum.