Blu, verde, viola, giallo, 1998

Jannis Kounellis, whose work is often characterized by a reduced, colorless material aesthetic, deliberately embraces the expressive power of color in this edition. With the words blue, green, violet, and yellow, he references the tradition of painting and its tonalities, which are here celebrated in their pure presence. The intentional selection of these colors and their composition evoke associations with classical art history, while at the same time, Kounellis translates the painterly gesture into a new, conceptual context.