Jannis Kounellis obituary

Pioneer of the arte povera movement who created spectacular sculptures out of mundane objectsJannis Kounellis, who has died aged 80, made a highly distinctive contribution to one of the most provocative artistic movements in postwar Europe. As a pioneer of arte povera in the late 1960s, he created spectacular sculptures out of “poor”, mundane objects – pieces of wood, coal, sacking, steel and lead, arranged in startling juxtapositions on gallery walls or piled unceremoniously o