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- Well before her famous partnership with John Lennon, Yoko Ono was the "High Priestess of the Happening" and a pioneer in performance art. Drawing from an array of sources from Zen Buddhism to Dada, her pieces were some of the movement's earliest and most daring.
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Ono's fundamental contribution to the formation of Conceptual Art was involving the audience into the completion of the work. It is designed so that anyone can make it - a crucial dimension of its meaning. Ono was one of the strongest feminist voices to emerge from the art world in the 60s.
- Japanese-American
- February 18, 1933
- Tokyo, Japan
- 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.
Apr 2, 2024 · Yoko Ono, a pioneering figure in conceptual and performance art, has left an indelible mark on the art world with her thought-provoking and boundary-pushing creations. Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1933, Ono’s multifaceted artistic career spans decades and encompasses a wide range of mediums, including installations, films, music, and writings.
Ono and Lennon first met on November 7, 1966, at the Indica Gallery in London, where she was preparing Unfinished Paintings, her conceptual art exhibit about interactive painting and sculpture. They were introduced by gallery owner John Dunbar . [ 39 ]
Jun 16, 2017 · Music was Ono’s first art. She was a classically trained pianist, fluent in Gagaku, Japanese imperial music, who studied composition at Sarah Lawrence College.
- Lucy Harvey
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.
Apr 15, 2024 · For her elaboration upon the significance of the event for participatory art, for her clever investigation into the creative role of an artwork’s instructions and destruction, and for much more, Yoko Ono stands out as one of the most important pioneers of conceptual art.
