Jannnis Kounellis, born in Piraeus, Greece, living in Rome since 1958, is a key figure in the "arte povera" movement - the first contemporary Italian art movement on an international level, which began in Italy in the 1960s. Using materials in his installations that were considered unusual - wool, coal, live animals, plants - Kounellis was the first to attempt to eliminate the boundary that separates life from art, creation from production.
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