Germany-Israel: Critical junctures of history and place in the work of Jannis Kounellis
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Dec 31, 2025
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Jannis Kounellis installations history cultural memory Middle East Germany
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This study examines the work of Jannis Kounellis in Israel and Germany, highlighting new aspects of his artistic creation. It focuses on how the artist integrates the history of place and space, exploring objects as carriers of historical and cultural narratives. Using methodological tools from qualitative research, it analyzes how Kounellis gathers information and combines materials and objects with history, cultural memory, and social reality through symbolism, simultaneously expressing grief, loss, and death. Consequently, everyday objects transform into metaphors that connect individual and collective experiences with broader historical and cultural narratives, allowing the initial interpretation of the work to shift depending on the viewer’s position, experiences, and associations.
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Stoikou, E. (2025). Germany-Israel: Critical junctures of history and place in the work of Jannis Kounellis. Mos Historicus: A Critical Review of European History, 3(1), 160–190. https://doi.org/10.12681/mh.40308
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