04.12.2025 — 30.08.2026
Space A
Opening: 03.12.2025 — 19:00
Curator: David Barro
The exhibition “Jannis Kounellis. Labyrinth Without Walls” invites visitors on a journey through memory, the sea, and displacement—central elements in the work of one of the leading figures of Arte Povera. Kounellis, who described himself as “an ancient man and a modern painter,” transforms materials laden with history into poetic landscapes that speak of time, identity, and human experience.
At its core is an installation composed of nine Venetian sails from different periods, arranged like a fan and rich in symbolism: navigation, trade, protection, stories of crews, and the transformation of the maritime world. These are accompanied by other series featuring Mallorcan and Italian sails, stretched and folded over steel frames, preserving the traces of their former life at sea.
Also noteworthy is the series “Albatros” (2001), consisting of fragments of a wooden ship suspended in front of tilted steel plates—a reflection on wear, memory, and the weight of history.
Together, the exhibition forms a labyrinth without walls, a physical and inner journey that connects the artist’s childhood in the port of Piraeus with a vision of the sea as a space of exchange and transformation.
In collaboration with KEWENIG, Palma / Berlin and Archivio Kounellis.
