![]() ![]() Since then, she has also been a peace activist, and musician and composer. In the 1960s, Yoko Ono emerged as an influential artist on the New York avant-garde scene and in the Fluxus movement. Grapefruit is a book about the power of thought and the art of becoming. Grapefruit is a collection of suggestions for works of art – ideas that can be carried out, or simply take shape in the viewer’s imagination, revealing the poetry of trivial everyday things and rituals. The texts can be described as short instructions for making paintings, events, objects, music and films. The book is a collection of texts, so-called instruction pieces, and has been reprinted in many editions over the years. This exhibition highlights the book Grapefruit, which Yoko Ono self-published in Japan in 1964. In recent years, Yoko Ono’s work has been featured in various contexts in Sweden. The enacted situation consists of Yoko Ono sitting on a stage before an audience, with a pair of scissors in front of her, inviting the audience to cut pieces from her clothing. ![]() One of Yoko Ono’s most famous instructions is Cut Piece from 1964, which the artist herself has performed on several occasions. In each new context, new expressions and nuances arise, depending on who is doing it and where. With a background in classical music composition and studies in philosophy, Yoko Ono began writing “scores” for art, that is, instructions that could be interpreted again and again by audiences and colleagues. She used the concert and event formats as a place where the audience was encouraged to enact her ideas, or simply to think and develop them in their own minds. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS ONLINE CONDITION REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE/BUSINESS APPLICABLE TO THE RESPECTIVE SALE.In the 1950s, Yoko Ono had already begun experimenting in the borderland between music, performance, poetry and visual art. For that reason, the condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot. ![]() The condition report is a statement of opinion only. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colors and shades which are different to the lot's actual color and shades. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. See also lot 112.Ĭondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriateĬondition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. He and his wife remained close to Ono as her relationship with John Lennon developed, and they ended up living with John and Yoko for several years as confidantes and personal assistants. ![]() Richter played the the "Moonwatcher" ape in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 edited the underground poetry magazine Residu with his wife, Jill and had befriended John Dunbar of the Indica Gallery (which was supported by Paul McCartney), where Ono exhibited. Daniel Richter (b.1939), an American mime artist, met Yoko Ono in Tokyo in 1964 when he was studying traditional Japanese theatre. By the time she inscribed this book in the winter of 1966, they were both in London and part of the flourishing art scene of the late '60s. Tokyo: Wunternaum Press, 1964įIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies, INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPERS ("To Jill & Dan, love, Yoko Winter, 1966 London"), thick square 8vo, text in English and Japanese, publisher's plain white wrappers with title printed in black, splitting at hinges with at least five preliminary leaves loose (including inscription and title page), wrappers marked and soiled, spine creased ![]()
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