The exhibition set up at the Eremitani Museum, curated by Dieter Schwarz, presents for the first time in Italy a group of 100 works on paper – drawings, sketches, gouache and projects – by Jannis Kounellis (Greece, 1936-2017) created between 1970 and 1990.
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 to be 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, representations of female figures, faces.
The exhibition will be accompanied by the first important publication of drawings and works on paper by Jannis Kounellis, in a trilingual edition – Italian, English, German – edited by Galleria Christian Stein.
Inauguration Thursday 25.07.24 at 6pm.
From 27.07.24 to 17.11.24 every day 09:00-19:00.
Price included in the entrance ticket to the Eremitani Museum.
For information:
Tel. 049 8204551
E-mail: museo@comune.padova.it
Website: https://padovamusei.it/it