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6/3/2013

Two exhibitions

Camden Arts Centre, London

Dorothy Iannone
Innocent and Aware

Dorothy Iannone's vibrant and revealing body of work expresses her feelings and experiences through painting, drawing, poetry and song.

Iannone’s portrayals of male and female sexuality celebrate the joy of her most intimate relationships while subverting traditional gender stereotypes of dominance and control. Through graphic paintings, sculptures and video boxes her works depict partly-clothed and naked figures on bright psychedelic backgrounds of flora, mandalas and biomorphic patterns. Recalling classical Indian erotic art, Egyptian frescoes and Byzantine mosaics, Iannone’s intricate work communicates a personal narrative, passionate love affairs and lifetime pursuit of ‘ecstatic unity' through transcendence and spirituality.

A self-taught artist, Iannone started painting in 1959 and in 1961 took the US government to court after customs officials confiscated her copy of Henry Miller’s well-known novel ‘Tropic of Cancer’ at the airport. Her actions led to the government lifting the ban on all his novels in the US. After a transformative meeting with Swiss artist Dieter Roth on a trip to Iceland in 1967, described by Iannone in An Icelandic Saga, an emotionally charged series of words and pictures, she left America and travelled to Europe where she has lived and worked ever since.

Iannone has devoted her life to unconditional love. For more than half a century, her work has illuminated a journey of ever-increasing sexual, political and spiritual awareness and a life perpetually in search of union - with the beloved, the viewer, listeners and the world.

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Serena Korda
Aping the Beast

British artist Serena Korda has produced an ambitious, theatrical rendering of animal symbolism and folklore in Aping the Beast. The central spectacle is a towering monster puppet handmade in latex, reminiscent of early B-movies such as Godzilla or The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Within all her work Korda is interested in the way secular beliefs and superstitions are channelled through images in popular culture.

Two new films star symbolic mystical creatures - a feline psychic who reveals his remote healing powers and a bristling tarantula which parades alongside dancers and musicians taking part in a cult-like ritual in a nondescript village hall. These works and a series of performances involving the monster expand upon ideas of the spirit and fears of the unknown which are confronted through imitation, spectacle, ritual and humour.

Aping the Beast is co-commissioned by an Artsadmin Jerwood Commission, Camden Arts Centre, London and Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.

Image: Dorothy Iannone, The Darling Duck, 2013. Silk scarf, 90 x 90 cm

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Opening Thursday 7 March, 5.45 - 6.30pm

Camden Arts Centre
Arkwright Road London NW3 6DG
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00am – 6.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 9.00pm
Closed Mondays
Free Entry

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