Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, peace activist, and musician who is well known for pushing the boundaries of art, film, music and threatre media. When Yoko was 18, she attended the prestigious College of Sarah Lawrence and this was when she discovered the world of avant garde artists. Ono was deeply absorbed in the scene and began her lifelong association with art. She was a misunderstood artist and for years, her work was ignored or misjudged. However, after starting her relationship with film producer, Jazz musician Anthony Cox, people's perspective on Yoko Ono changed.
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| "cut piece" 1964 |
Ono's most famous piece where she invited audience to cut off pieces of her clothing until she was fully naked, which got rid of the theme of materialism for the theme of nature. Yoko's art usually demanded audience's participation in her art.
I'm very obsessed with Yoko Ono's involvment as a peace activist. I respect her more for her charity work over her art, although I do think her imagination is a one of a kind. She came up with very random ideas and I loved how she was very inviting with her audience, making them participate in her artwork and pushing them to think outside the box.
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