Untitled [Horses].
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Title |
Untitled [Horses]. |
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Creator |
Kounellis, Jannis (Greek sculptor, performance artist, and painter, born 1936) |
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Date |
1969 |
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Cultural Context |
Italian
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Arte Povera |
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Subject |
Exhibitions
Art exhibitions
Galleries (Display spaces)
Galleries & museums
Symbols
Economics
Colors
Power (Social sciences)
Horses
Animals |
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Description |
"Carried out partly to confront the economic interests on which galleries are based, this installation took place over a three-day period. The artist chose horses of various breeds and colors, associating them symbolically with energy and power. At the same time he set up ironic art-historical associations with equestrian statues or the horses in the allegorical and mythological paintings of the Italian Renaissance." (Caption, p.171); "This artist's desire to transform the material conditions of art would produce spectacular gestures such as the temporary housing of 12 live horses at the Galleria L'Attico in Rome in 1969 […]." (Excerpt, p.171) |
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Location Depicted |
Rome (Italy)
Galleria L’Attico (Rome, Italy)
Italy |
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Work Type |
Installations (visual works)
Exhibitions
Art exhibitions |
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Repository |
Private collection |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.171, fig.87) |
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Rights |
Photograph reproduced in Hopkins courtesy: Bridgeman Art Library, London. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 826-43.jpg |
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