We do not work alone

Usual Objects by Artists

I don’t want to be D.

Dorothy Iannone

Détails

DOROTHY IANNONE
Tapestry I don’t want to be D.
2022

Limited edition of 20 copies, numbered

co-production WE DO NOT WORK ALONE x Editions Sylvain Courbois

prix sur demande

Prix :

Matériaux

Tapis tufté main, laine et coton
Fabriqué en France

Hand tufted rug, wool and cotton
Made in France

Dimensions

160 x 200 cm

Description

« Iannone resists any kind of expectation with joyful gusto, disobeys every authority (except those she gleefully submits to), redefines her place in the world by creating an ever-expanding field of possibilities in that world-possibilities that arise as she turns everything inside out.These reversals abound in Iannone’s work, whether through inversion (and merging) of male and female, muse and maker, sacred and profane, celestial and carnal, submis- sion and dominance, compliment and insult, humor and earnestness. Nothing is quite as it seems, or wholy one thing or another. »

These words by Lisa Pearson on Dorothy Iannone’s work shine a light on the collaboration existing between WE DO NOT WORK ALONE and Dorothy Iannone since 2018 that started with the edition of the Forever True lamp.

The artistic project of Dorothy Iannone has a profound spiri-tual dimension, it is the expression of a practice considering art like a way of life where art is both the reflection and the motor of everything.

Thus, it may not be a surprise that some of Dorothy Iannone’s graphic works were to be turned into touchable and usable objects, especially as the artist has a long history of interest in multiples, prints and silkscreens.

The rug I don’t want to be D. was conceived after a drawing extracted from the 1968 Dialogue Series (Dialogue IX, 1968) where Iannone describes the intimacy of her love story with Dieter Roth but also the fear of the dissolution of her identity in their consuming love. Specular self portrait, this hand-tufted rug, is also a mythological evocation of the projection of the self bearing a universal message.

This hand tufted rug is made in France in 20 copies, and is a co-production between WE DO NOT WORK ALONE, Paris and Editions Sylvain Courbois, Lille.

Description

« Iannone resists any kind of expectation with joyful gusto, disobeys every authority (except those she gleefully submits to), redefines her place in the world by creating an ever-expanding field of possibilities in that world-possibi- lities that arise as she turns everything inside out.These reversals abound in Iannone’s work, whether through inversion (and merging) of male and female, muse and maker, sacred and profane, celestial and carnal, submis- sion and domi-nance, compliment and insult, humor and earnestness. Nothing is quite as it seems, or wholy one thing or another. »

Ces mots de Lisa Pearson au sujet du travail de Dorothy Ian-none éclairent la collaboration menée depuis 2018 et initiée par la conception de la lampe Forever True.

Le projet artistique de Dorothy Iannone revêt une dimension profondément spirituelle, il est l’expression d’une pratique considérant l’art comme un mode de vie où il est à la fois le reflet et le moteur de toutes choses.

Peut-être était-il inévitable que des œuvres graphiques de Dorothy Iannone se transforment en objets préhensibles et utilisables, d’autant que l’artiste s’est tout au long de sa carrière illustrée par son intérêt pour la chose éditée, sous forme de livres ou d’estampes.

Le tapis I don’t want to be D. trouve son origine dans un dessin de 1968 de la série Dialogues IX où Dorothy Iannone dépeint son quotidien amoureux avec Dieter Roth. Ici l’artiste évoque son amour pour D. qui la dévore et sa crainte d’y perdre son unicité. I don’t want to be D., cultive l’ambiguïté, D. pouvant aussi bien être Dorothy ou Dieter. Autoportrait spéculaire, ce tapis tufté à la main, est aussi une évocation mythologisée des questions d’identité.

TapesCe tapis tufté est fabriqué à la main en France, en 20 exemplaires.C’est une coproduction entre WE DO NOT WORK ALONE et les Editions Sylvain Courbois.

Informations complémentaires

Matériaux

Tapis tufté main, laine et coton
Fabriqué en France

Hand tufted rug, wool and cotton
Made in France

Dimensions

160 x 200 cm