Air de Paris - Now - Dorothy Iannone

MOVIE PEOPLES

"Around 1966, I made a few hundred wooden cutouts of everyone in the world I could think of, real people, mythological people, invented people, and I always included their sexual organs even if they were fully dressed" " Making The Movie People seems like the closing of a circle. Early in my work, I used texts from writers whom I loved, such as Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Later, I used my own writings and my own story. And now, in my super twilight years, I return to the inspiration of lovers who are not myself, although now I use my own words to narrate their history and call attention to their exemplary lives. The Movie People are painted cutouts, mounted on wood of scenes from my favorite films about unconditional loves, or at least, about the sacrifice of one's own happiness for the sake of the beloved. "
Dorothy Iannone