Jannis Kounellis

thumb|right Jannis Kounellis (23 March 1936 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek artist. Quotes I don't want to delve into the past for archeological pleasure - though it could have been that - but because the past has a reality which conditions us deep down. Then if you bring it slowly to the surface, it's full of possibilities. Quoted in Kristine Stiles & Peter Howard Selz: Theories and documents of contemporary art (1996) P.670 I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but if I were to accept this business of conceptual art I would have no reason to exist. Quoted in Kristine Stiles & Peter Howard Selz: Theories and documents of contemporary art (1996) P.671 External links Category:1936 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Conceptual artists Category:Painters from Greece Category:People from Athens