YOKO ONO (Closing Soon)

Yoko Ono: One Woman Show
1960–1971

Unofficial MoMA Debut

1971

At that time, Ono advertised her “one woman show,” titled Museum of Modern [F]art. However, when visitors arrived at the Museum there was little evidence of her work. According to a sign outside the entrance, Ono had released flies on the Museum grounds, and the public was invited to track them as they dispersed across the city.

Now, over 40 years later, Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 surveys the decisive decade that led up to Ono’s unauthorized exhibition, bringing together approximately 125 of her early objects, works on paper, installations, performances, audio recordings, and films, alongside rarely seen archival materials. A number of works invite interaction, including Painting to Be Stepped On (1960/1961) and Ono’s groundbreaking performance
"Bag Piece"

1964

(Interactive at certain times, we are invited to try)

Instructions for Painting

A room full of small framed typeset pieces 

(this nearby)

To See the Sky

(New Installation)

John

Half A Room 1

Half A Room 2

"Yes"   and   "Bottoms"

Televised Pieces and Films

The Fab Four

"Bed In"

"Fly"

"Cut Piece"
1964

  
"White Chess Set"

By remaking the chess set in all white

the artist changed the nature of the game.

Play an exhibition copy of Yoko Ono’s White Chess Set

(1966)

A special collaboration with Chess in the Schools, this program is open to visitors of all ages and abilities.  Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays May 19–September 5, 1:00–4:00 p.m. Sculpture Garden (weather permitting) Free with Museum admission

The Music Room
A closed acoustical space with seating and sets of headphones
where we may play selections from her albums. 

Memorabilia under glass
at the center

Around 1968, Ono decided to create a band “that would never exist, that didn’t have a set number of members, that could accommodate anyone who wanted to play with it.”  The name derived from a small three-dimensional work composed almost entirely of transparent plastic objects that John Lennon made in response to Ono’s initial idea.

"Woman Power"

https://youtu.be/GtvdYy7tZL0

Multimedia
Beginning with the Introduction, scroll down to view and listen to eleven short pieces wherein Yoko explains her works:
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1544

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