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Cut Piece 1964 is a pioneer of performance art and participatory work first performed by Japanese American multimedia avant-garde artist, musician and peace activist Yoko Ono on July 20, 1964, at the Yamaichi Concert Hall in Kyoto, Japan. [1]
Yoko Ono (Japanese: 小野 洋子, romanized: Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana as オノ・ヨーコ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. [1] Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1952 to join her family.
Ono brought “Cut Piece” to New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall the following year; it’s been interpreted variously as a feminist commentary, an exploration of the relationship between artist ...
The relationship between Ceiling Painting/Yes Painting and Ono's 1964 work Cut Piece was extensively critiqued by James M. Harding in his essay "Between Material and Matrix: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece and the Unmaking of Collage" in his 2012 book of essays, Cutting Performances: Collage Events, Feminist Artists, and the American Avant-Garde. [7]
Many of the Maysleses' documentaries focus on art, artists and musicians. The Maysleses documented The Beatles' first visit to the United States in 1964, and a 1965 conceptual art project by Yoko Ono called "Cut Piece" in which she sat on the stage of Carnegie Hall while audience members cut
Piece of Magic Entertainment has acquired theatrical rights from Mercury Studios for “One to One: John & Yoko” across a broad swath of European territories, including France, Norway, Sweden ...
Anna Sawai is seriously hot property in Hollywood right now — but the award-winning star of Shōgun has responded noncommittally to buzz around her taking on the role of Yoko Ono in the hotly ...
The work is made from various objects that have been cut in half and painted white. It was made with the help of Ono's second husband, Anthony Cox, and some local art students. The piece was first displayed at Ono's "Half-a-Wind" exhibition (also called "Yoko Plus Me" [1]) at the Lisson Gallery in West London in 1967. At the Lisson Gallery show ...