Dorothy Iannone
© The Estate Of Dorothy Iannone, courtesy Air de Paris, Romainville and Peres Projects, Berlin. Photo: M HKA
West Coast Studio, 1960s
The Estate Of Dorothy Iannone, courtesy Air de Paris, Romainville and Peres Projects, Berlin“Gradually my abstract expressionist paintings included figurative elements. And from the first moment, around 1963, whenever I painted a man and a woman their sexual organs were not only present but sometimes prominent. This couple most likely represented me and my husband. In 1966, I made a few hundred wooden cutouts of everyone in the world I could think of, real people, mythological people, invented people, and I always included their sexual organs even if they were fully dressed. In a few cases, I copied couples actually making love from Greek vases and Indian temples. So, you could say that through the precedent of classical art, sex entered my work.”
Dorothy Iannone, from Maurizio Cattelan, Dorothy lannone. A Revolutionary Life. Flash Art International, n° 247, March-April 2006, pp. 79-81