Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960 -1971

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Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 examines the beginnings of Ono's extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance and music during the 1960s and early 1970s. The exhibition begins in New York in December 1960, where Ono initiated a performance series with La Monte Young in her Chambers Street loft. Over the course of the decade, Ono earned international recognition, staging Cut Piece in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1964, exhibiting at the Indica Gallery in London in 1966, and launching her global War is Over! campaign in 1969. Ono returned to New York in the early 1970s and organized an unsanctioned 'one woman show' at The Museum of Modern Art. Over forty years after Ono's unofficial MoMA debut, the Museum will present its first exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artist's work. The publication evaluates the broader cultural context of Ono's early work and features five sections reflecting her geographic locations during this period and the corresponding evolution of her artistic practice. Each chapter includes an introduction written by a guest scholar, artwork descriptions, new interviews with key figures from the time, and a selection of primary documents culled from newspapers, magazines and journals.

Klaus Biesenbach is the Director at MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at MoMA. Christophe Cherix is the Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at MoMA. Jon Hendricks is a collector, artist, and the Fluxus Consulting Curator at MoMA. Clive Phillpot is the former Director of the MoMA Library. David Platzker is a Curator in the Drawings and Prints department at MoMA.