![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/packages/flash/multimedia/ICONS/transparent.png)
Jannis Kounellis — in Milan, with one of his works — in 2014.
Matteo Bazzi/ANSA, via Associated Press
Jannis Kounellis
Died on February 16, 2017 at age 80
A Greek-born Italian artis, Mr. Kounellis made use of humble materials like burlap sacks, wax and coal in works of sculpture and installations that offered a poetic counterstatement to the values of high art and the corporate world.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.