Untitled (Sewing Machine) 2004

Curator: This is an untitled piece by Jannis Kounellis, featuring a sewing machine and what appears to be a heavy coat within a steel box. Editor: It feels like a stage set for a forgotten story. Melancholy, definitely. Like the machine is waiting for its operator, and the coat is just... there. Curator: Kounellis often used found objects like these, elevating the everyday through careful placement and the context of art. The sewing machine, a symbol of labor, paired with the coat, possibly signifying personal history. Editor: Yes, the box constrains it, like memories trapped. It’s industrial and intimate at the same time. I keep thinking about the hands that used that machine, the stories sewn into that coat. Curator: The steel box speaks to the means of production, the industrialization that standardized so much. But within it are these very human elements. Editor: For me, it’s a beautiful, poignant reminder of lives lived. A quiet moment of reflection captured in metal and fabric.