Dorothy Iannone

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (25 May–11 September) traces the career of Dorothy Iannone over six decades with this display of paintings, prints and three of the artist’s original video sculptures. The American artist’s riotously sexual, psychedelic imagery is given ample exposure, while the exhibition also considers the importance of the artist’s references to ancient cultures present in artworks such as An Icelandic Saga (1978, 1983, 1986) which tells a romantic story featuring Iannone herself and the Swiss artist Dieter Roth. At the heart of the show are pages from the artist’s A Cookbook (1969) – a hand-written recipe book which features a recipe for gazpacho, as well as drawings and personal anecdotes. Find out more from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art’s website.

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Illustration from Story of Bern (or) Showing Colors (1970), Dorothy Iannone. Courtesy Air de Paris, Romainville and Peres Projects, Berlin; © Dorothy Iannone

Give me your tired….(1977), Dorothy Iannone. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; photo: Poul Buchard/Brøndum & Co; © Dorothy Iannone

Flora and Fauna (1973), Dorothy Iannone. Berlinische Galeries – Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture. Photo: Anja Elisabeth Witte/Berlinische Galerie; © Dorothy Iannone