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- Cut Piece (1964) Yoko Ono performing Cut Piece, 1964, filmed by the Maysles Brothers, at Carnegie Recital Hall, March 21, 1965. Image © Yoko Ono. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lelong.
- Grapefruit (Instructions) (1964) Cover of a re-issue of Yoko Ono, Grapefruit, 1971, published in 2000 by Simon and Schuster. © Yoko Ono. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lelong.
- Bed-In (1969) Tony Grylla. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Bed Sitting Amsterdam, 1961. Forum Auctions. Bidding closed. Ono’s work took on a political dimension in the late 1960s as the Vietnam War persisted.
- Wish Tree (1993–present) Yoko Ono. Wish Tree, 1996. MALBA. Wish Tree, 1996-2015. "Take Me (I'm Yours)" at Monnaie de Paris. Ono’s penchant for fusing pacifism and audience participation is perhaps best seen in her ongoing sculptural project Wish Tree.
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- The Legacy of Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono was the eldest of three children, born to Isoko and Eisuke Ono, conservative Japanese aristocrats. Yoko's mother was a painter. Her father wanted to be a concert pianist, but had given up his dream career to be a banker, and sought to live vicariously through his talented daughter Yoko, sending her to music school at the age of four. She l...
During the sixties, Ono gravitated toward the circles of artists participating in "happenings," and held events at her own loft at 112 Chambers Street in New York City. Fluxus artists, avant-garde musicians, and other performers gathered there on a regular basis. Ono became the informal curator of the downtown arts scene in this space, and was know...
A rush of media attention followed Lennon's death, but Ono went into seclusion. Over the course of the 1980s she gradually reemerged as an artist and public figure, returning to musical, written, and visual pieces from previous years. Ono never remarried, but kept her late husband's legacy alive, creating the LennonOno Grant for Peace in 2002 and i...
Ono's performances and instructional paintings of the early 1960s changed forever the relationship between artist and audience. Bed-In and Bagism, pieces staged in 1969 with Lennon, are direct antecedents for subsequent works that turned private life into public spectacle, most famously Tracy Emin's My Bed (1998) and her involvement in the peace mo...
- Japanese-American
- February 18, 1933
- Tokyo, Japan
Apr 2, 2024 · Ono’s art consistently challenges societal norms and conventions, reflecting her unique perspective on truth and art. Her work often intersects with activism, inviting viewers to consider deeper political and social messages.
Jul 19, 2024 · Experimental music, performance art, installation art, participatory art, activism, conceptual art, and video art—Yoko Ono has had her hands in pretty much everything, making this versatile woman one of the most interesting figures in today’s art world.
Jun 13, 2022 · Yoko Ono’s Art of Defiance. Before she met John Lennon, she was a significant figure in avant-garde circles and had created a masterpiece of conceptual art. Did celebrity deprive her of her...
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Jun 16, 2017 · Known as the “High Priestess of the Happening” in the sixties for the gatherings of experimental musicians and artists she hosted in her New York City loft, Ono has transitioned from radical...
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Nov 13, 2023 · Yoko Ono, a trailblazing woman in the world of art and a true avant-garde icon, has enchanted audiences across the globe with her innovative gallery exhibitions, mesmerizing performances, and evocative music.
