Dorothy Iannone: A Transgressive Visionary Dorothy Iannone, born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1933, emerged from a deeply rooted Italian-American household as an artist profoundly shaped by both tradition and rebellion. Her early life, marked by her Catholic upbringing under her fiercely independent mother, Sarah Pucci, instilled within her a complex relationship with authority and a willingness to challenge established norms – qualities that would become central to her artistic practice. This foundation, coupled with extensive travels throughout Europe, North Africa, and Asia with her husban…