Yoko Ono es una artista y música de vanguardia, conocida por expandir los límites del arte y la música. Su obra se caracteriza por un enfoque experimental y formas de expresión poco convencionales. A través de sus creaciones, invita al público a reconsiderar conceptos y percepciones comunes del mundo. Su influencia trasciende las esferas artísticas y musicales tradicionales, dejando una marca distintiva en el movimiento de vanguardia.
Contains the complete text of the Playboy interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, recorded shortly before Lennon's murder, and includes Lennon's song-by-song analysis of his music
Back in print for the first time in nearly thirty years, here is Yoko Ono's whimsical, delightful, subversive, startling book of instructions for art and for life."A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.""Burn this book after you've read it." -- Yoko Ono"This is the greatest book I've ever burned." -- John Lennon
Yoko Onos großes, weitgehend unbekanntes Zeichnungskonvolut „Franklin Summer“, Inkblot-Arbeiten in stets gleichgroßem Format, von denen Ono seit 1994 mehr als 1.400 Beispiele geschaffen hat, wird mit rund einhundert von der Künstlerin ausgewählten Werken erstmals publiziert. Mit „Vertical Memory“ von 1997 erscheint Onos 21-teilige konzeptuelle Fotografie aus einem verzerrten Gesicht, das ihrem Vater gilt. Mit dem Werk manifestiert Yoko Ono ihre Lebensgeschichte. Drei historische Partituren aus ihrem Künstlerbuch „Grapefruit“ von 1964, es sind „Drinking Piece for Orchestra“, „Bicycle Piece for Orchestra“ und „Painting to Be Slept On“, werden erstmals hier gezeigt.
Yoko Ono engages in a series of discussions with Hans Ulrich Obrist, reflecting on her artistic journey in visual art and music, her development in New York, and her interactions with John Cage, along with her notable work, Unfinished Music No. 1 (1968). Over five interviews, she explores essential themes, including her Fluxus pieces and her longstanding commitment to world peace and human rights, which permeate much of her art. Ono recounts the founding of 'Nutopia' with John Lennon and shares insights into her numerous installations and performances that continue to resonate today. The conversations feature contributions from architects and artists like Rem Koolhaas and Gustav Metzger, showcasing Ono as a multifaceted and interdisciplinary artist. Born in 1933 in Tokyo, she currently lives and works in New York.
"It's nearly 50 years ago that my book of conceptual instructions Grapefruit was first published. In these pages I'm picking up where I left off. After each day of sharing the instructions you should feel free to question, discuss, and/or report what your mind tells you. I'm just planting the seeds. Have fun." Yoko Ono Legendary avant-garde icon Yoko Ono has inspired generations of artists and performers. In Acorn, she offers enchanting and thought-provoking exercises that open our eyes-and all of our senses to more creative and mindful ways of relating to ourselves, each other, and the planet we cohabit.
Written in its author’s much-imitated, never-duplicated voice, populated with his own illustrations, full of the wit and honesty that helped make him one of the most iconic, polarizing figures of the 20th Century, Skywriting by Word of Mouth is the lost and recovered, posthumously published autobiography of John Lennon.
Institution for the Future will showcase artists from various Asian countries who have actively engaged with their local arts scenes and who attempt to contribute in the development of an arts infrastructure in their regions. This exhibition is part of the Asia Triennial Manchester 2011 and features artists from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It serves as a platform to foster understanding of their work not only in UK and Europe, but also strengthen their dialogue across Asia.
On the occasion of Yoko Ono's 80th birthday, this retrospective volume showcases the enormous diversity and reach of her work of the past sixty years.
