Dorothy Iannone, On the Continuing Journey, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin

Peres Projects is pleased to announce Dorothy Iannone's (b. 1933 in Boston, † 2022 in Berlin), On the Continuing Journey, at Neue Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), in Berlin. Curated by Lidiya Anastasova, the exhibition opens on September 14 and will run until March 3, 2024. 
  
Dorothy Iannone characterized her work as an “ecstatic unity,” encompassing multiple genres and media, including painting, photography, artist books, video, sound and text works, drawing, collage, and installations. In 1976, she received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and moved to Berlin, where she remained, conveying her fondness for the city through love songs and calling it her home. Spanning six decades, Iannone’s body of work is characterized by her relentless pursuit of freedom and constant challenging of prevailing patriarchal norms. Her candid depictions of human sexuality show the body as the focus of both personal and public negotiation of social taboos and power dynamics. Starting in 1985, she became deeply involved in Buddhism and progressively incorporated spiritual themes of unity into her artworks. Her work On the Continuing Journey, displayed on the n.b.k. Billboard and initially produced as an n.b.k. edition, reflects her exploration of the ongoing processes of transformation inherent in life’s journey. This public display in Berlin serves as a tribute to the artist, who recently passed away.
 
More information is available here. 
September 12, 2023