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Dieter Roth; Dorothy Iannone. Dieter and Dorothy. Their correspondence in words and works, 1967-1998. Zurich, Bilgerverlag, 2001.
€ 57.50
Bound, cloth spine, illustrated cardboard covers, 256pp., 24x32cm., richly illustr. in col., in very good condition. ISBN: 9783908010531.
Itemnummer 20139
Dieter and Dorothy. Their correspondence in words and works, 1967-1998 presents the extensive correspondence between the artists Dieter Roth and Dorothy Iannone over more than three decades. The publication documents their personal and artistic relationship through letters, notes, postcards and visual works that reflect their collaboration and emotional connection. The material reveals how their exchange influenced their artistic production and offers insight into their life, travels and creative development within the international contemporary art scene. The book brings together a chronological selection of correspondence between Dieter Roth and Dorothy Iannone from 1967 to 1998 and combines textual documents with visual material. Letters, notes, postcards and related artworks are presented together in order to document the interaction between personal life and artistic practice. The publication functions both as a documentary archive of their communication and as an art historical record of their collaboration, illustrating how their relationship influenced artistic experimentation, artist books and conceptual work within the broader context of contemporary art. Dieter Roth was a Swiss German artist known for his experimental approach to visual art, artist books and multimedia works. His practice combined literature, graphic art, installations and conceptual strategies and had a major influence on postwar European art. Dorothy Iannone was an American artist whose work explored themes of love, sexuality and personal freedom through drawing, painting, text and visual narratives. Their long relationship resulted in numerous collaborative works and exchanges that became an important part of their artistic legacy.






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