M HKA Ensembles

Other, box: 12,9 x 9,8 x 1,6 cm, cards: 12,7 x 9,6 cm.

Collection: The Estate Of Dorothy Iannone, courtesy Air de Paris, Romainville and Peres Projects, Berlin; Thanks to Franz Wassmer.

“Love is the inspiration of my work. I made (Ta)Rot (1968 – 1969), a series of 27 cards depicting the life of Dieter Roth, my beloved and my muse, in the early period of our relationship. During 1968 – 69, I worked on the cards while we were living in Düsseldorf where Dieter was a professor at the Academy of Art, and in Reykjavík where he sometimes lived, in order to see his children from a former marriage every afternoon for an hour, and in Villefranche-sur-Mer in France where I sometimes visited my close friends, Marianne and Robert Filliou. Each card of my (Ta)Rot, which has virtually no relation to the original tarot cards, brings something. That something is the consequence of the activity which is visually present. For instance, DR teaching his students brings “Patience”, DR and DI joined in the complete embrace brings “What Everyone Wants”, DR cooking brings “Innocence”, DR embracing his children brings “Warmth”, “Reverence” depicts DR engaged in cunnilingus. On one corner of the cards, I copied an image from DR's works.”

Dorothy Iannone & Juliette Blightman, (TA)ROT TAROT, 2021. Publication on the exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein from 31.10.2020 – 7.3.2021