Untitled (Finestra), 1985
Painted wood, hardware, photo-processed glass plates, 181 x 64 cm (71 x 25 in). Edition of 21, signed and numbered.
For this edition, Jannis Kounellis overlaid the transparency of the window with traces of smoke, which – marking the presence of fire – unfold a material presence. The soot stains transform the glass surface into an opaque pictorial plane, upon which two enigmatic compositions emerge. Within these traces lies the imprint of the artist’s face – a fleeting self-portrait that hovers between visibility and dissolution.
