Dorothy Iannone is an artist with balls, and This Sweetness Outside of Time, a retrospective of her long and illustrious career, displays her unflinching autobiographical style in all its glory. Beginning her career in the late 1950s, the American’s style really blossomed on meeting Dieter Roth in the late ’60s. This intense seven-year relationship moved the artist to place herself and Roth at the centre of her passionate works. Regularly falling foul of the censors, her sexually explicit scenes draw on influences from religious art from Christianity, Buddhism and Indian Tantrism, as well as collage and pop art.

Iannone’s time with Roth marked a long association with Germany; the pair lived in Dusseldorf, and in 1976 Iannone was awarded a DAAD Artists-in-Berlin grant and moved to the capital, where she has lived and worked ever since. The Berlinische Galerie has curated this retrospective – which includes objects, books and films in addition to the paintings – from the artist’s personal archive and those of worldwide collectors; the exhibition will run from 20 February to 2 June.

Dorothy Iannone,
The Next Great Moment In History Is Ours, 1970,
Farbsiebdruck auf Papier, 73 x 102 cm,
Courtesy die Künstlerin,
Air de Paris, Paris,
und Peres Projects, Berlin,
Foto: Joachim Littkemann

Dorothy Iannone,
Let the Light from My Lighthouse Shine on You, 1981,
Acryl und Gouache auf Kunststoffplatte
montiert auf Pavatex, 142,5 x 102,5 cm,
Privatsammlung Schweiz,
© Dorothy Iannone,
Foto: Jochen Littkemann,
Courtesy Air de Paris, Paris

Dorothy Iannone,
aus: Dialogues X, 1968/69,
Filzstift und Collage auf Papier,
Neun Zeichnungen, je 36,5 x 36 cm,
Sammlung Aldo Frei,
© Dorothy Iannone,
Foto: Jochen Littkemann

Dorothy Iannone,
Brokeback Mountain, ausder Serie Movie People, 2010,
Gouache und Acrylauf Papier auf Holz, 53 x 54 x 18 cm
Courtesy die Künstlerin,
Air de Paris, Paris,
und Peres Projects, Berlin,
Foto: Hans-Georg Gaul

Dorothy Iannone
The Statue Of Liberty, 1977,
Farbsieb druck auf Papier, 83,5 x 60 cm,
Herausgegeben von Studio Galerie MikeSteiner,
Berlin -76/100 ,Courtesydie Künstlerin,
Air de Paris, Paris,
und Peres Projects, Berlin,
Foto: All rights reserved

Dorothy Iannone,
I Dreamt There Was An Emperor Antony, 1970,
Collage und Acryl auf Leinwand, 200 x 130 cm,
ahlers collection,
© Dorothy Iannone

Dorothy Iannone,
The Sheltering Sky, aus der Serie Movie People, 2010,
Gouache und Acryl auf Papier auf Holz, 53 x 55 x 16 cm,
Privatsammlung, USA,
© Dorothy Iannone,
Foto: Hans-Georg Gaul