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The story of bern, [or] showing colors / Dorothy Iannone ; [editor: Clément Dirié]

Title
The story of bern, [or] showing colors / Dorothy Iannone ; [editor: Clément Dirié]
Author
Iannone, Dorothy,
Publication
  • [Geneva, Switzerland] : [JRP Editions], [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Dirié, Clément,
  • Paul, Frédéric,
  • Roth, Dieter, 1930-1998,
Description
1 volume : illustrations; 23 x 23 cm. + 1 insert (4 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.)
Summary
""As much as Love and Eros have defined my work since its beginnings, so too has censorship or its shadow, accompanied it," recalls Dorothy Iannone in her introduction to this facsimile publication of her legendary "The Story of Bern, [or] Showing Colors." First published in 1970, the book documents the censorship of Iannone’s work "The (Ta)Rot Pack" (1968–1969) and the subsequent removal of all his works by her then companion, artist Dieter Roth, from a collective exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern. For his exhibition entitled "Freunde, Friends, d’Fründe," Harald Szeemann invited Karl Gerstner, Roth, Daniel Spoerri, and André Thomkins who all decided to exhibit their artists friends; Roth chose Iannone alongside Emmett Williams. The censorship of Iannone, and Roth’s protest, eventually led to Harald Szeemann’s resignation as the director of the institution. Telling the story of this act of censorship as well as the context of the exhibition in Bern and its iteration in a non-censored version in Düsseldorf, "The Story of Bern" is emblematic of Iannone’s distinctive, explicit, and comic book style, and of her openness about sexuality and the strengthening of female autonomy. Accompanied by a 4-page insert that includes a new text by Dorothy Iannone and an essay about the context of the book publication by Centre Pompidou curator Frédéric Paul, this publication is a facsimile of the original 1970 "The Story of Bern, [or] Showing Colors."" --
Alternative Title
  • Story of bern, or showing colors
  • Toujours de l\u0027audace!
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Artists\u0027 books > Specimens
  • Artists\u0027 books
  • Arts > Censorship
  • Erotic art > United States > 20th century
  • Erotic art
  • Iannone, Dorothy > Exhibitions
  • Iannone, Dorothy
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Specimens.
Note
  • "Published in an edition of 1,500 copies of the occasion of Dorothy Iannone\u0027s exhibition, Toujours de l\u0027audace!, at Centre Pompidou-Musée national d\u0027art moderne, curated by Frédéric Paul, from September 26, 2019 to January 6, 2020" -- Colophon.
  • "[This is] a facsimile of the original "The Story of Bern, [or] Showing Colors" published by Dorothy Iannone and Dieter Roth in March 1970 in an edition of 500 numbered and signed copies, following the events that took place at the opening of the exhibition Freunde, Friends, d\u0027Fründe, Kunsthalle Bern, May 3-June 1, 1969." -- Colophon.
  • Includes insert with introduction by the artist, essay by Frédéric Paul, and translations of German text.
Language (note)
  • Text in English, occasional passages in German. English translation provided.
ISBN
  • 3037645547
  • 9783037645543
LCCN
99985646641
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries