Dorothy Iannone
Dorothy Iannone’s artistic project embodies a deeply autobiographical, spiritual, and political dimension. The eccentricity of her naked characters is an ode to gender equality and sexual freedom.
At the 2024 edition of Private Choice, her tufted wool and cotton tapestry titled I don’t want to be D will be showcased, depicting a young naked woman riding a chimera. Amidst vibrant and sanguine colors, the muse, with her hieratic power, displays the title of the work on her thigh. This edition of 20 copies (+ 5 AP) is made possible through the partnership with WE DO NOT WORK ALONE.
Biography
The artist was born in Boston in 1933 and died in Berlin in 2022. She graduated from Boston University in 1957 with a B.A. in American Literature. She then studied English literature at Brandeis University. In 1958, she married the painter James Upham and moved to New York. In 1959, she began painting. In late 2019, the Centre Pompidou held a monographic exhibition titled “Dorothy Iannone, Always Bold.”
« Reversals abound in Iannone’s work, whether through inversion (and merging) of male and female, muse and maker, sacred and profane, celestial and carnal, submission and dominance, compliment and insult, humor and earnestness. Nothing is quite as it seems, or wholly one thing or another. »
These words from Lisa Pearson about the work of Dorothy Iannone shed light on the collaboration carried out since 2018 and initiated by the design of the Forever True lamp.