The Museum of Modern Art announced this
afternoon that it will mount a solo show of Yoko Ono's work in May 2015.
Ono has a long history with the museum—in 1971, she had a show there
cleverly titled Museum of Modern [F]art.
When excited crowds
came to see art by John Lennon's wife, they found that the whole thing
simply consisted of a wall label outside the museum advertising that Ono
had released flies on the grounds and the public was invited to track
them through the city. She advertised the show and even printed up a
catalog for it.
40 years later, Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 will
be a bit more palpable. The exhibition will survey the works from the
tumultuous decade that led up to her 1971 performance art action,
including objects, works on paper, installations, performances, audio
recordings, and films. In typical Ono fashion, many of the works
demand audience participation and toy with preconceived notions about
what viewing art should entail.
Ono, who made our list of the 100 most powerful women in the art world, was also awarded the Brooklyn Museum's Women in the Arts Award in 2012.
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 will be on display at the Museum of Modern Art from May 17 to September 7.
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