The artwork entitled “Untitled,” created by Jannis Kounellis in 1998, exemplifies the Post-Minimalism art movement and falls under the genre of installation art.
The artwork comprises a grid of burlap sacks suspended within a rectangular steel frame and arranged in rows and columns. Each sack, restrained and supported by taut wires, exudes a sense of balance and tension, evocative of industrial and agricultural aesthetics. The placement and physicality of the sacks, appearing weighty and ponderous, contrasts with the rigid structure surrounding them, thereby creating an interplay between the organic and man-made materials. The austere and methodical composition of the sacks emphasizes the minimalist yet expressive character characteristic of Kounellis’s innovative style in site-specific installation works.
