Dorothy Iannone

Dorothy Iannone (1933–2022) 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. Iannone's works were repeatedly censored due to their alleged pornographic content, even within the international art establishment. Her candid depictions of human sexuality show the body as the focus of both personal and public negotiation of social taboos and power dynamics.

In 1976, she received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and moved to Berlin, where she remained for the rest of her life, calling it her home.