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Art therapist Sigridur Bjoernsdottir provides a rare testimony of her marriage to Dieter Roth as well as their artistic collaborations Sigridur Bjoernsdottir met 22-year-old Dieter Roth in Copenhagen in 1952. A year later, Roth joined her in Reykjavik, and in 1957 they married. 50 years later, Bjoernsdottir recounts their meeting, the ups and downs of their marriage, their life with their children and their eventual separation. Beyond her own artistic activities, Bjoernsdottir describes her collaborative and experimental work with Roth, their encounters with friends and peers within the tightly woven Icelandic creative community and the beginnings of Roth's multifaceted practice. Dieter Roth in My Life is an honest and personal account of a period in Bjoernsdottir's life, shared with a man she describes as the love of her life who went on to become a successful and highly influential artist. Sigridur Bjoernsdottir (born 1929) is an art therapist and artist living in Reykjavik. She graduated from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts in 1952 and went on to become a pioneer in art therapy, practicing in Iceland and lecturing worldwide.

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