by Kimberly Chun, SF Bay Guardian
MUSIC The simplest, most singular words and images have always been Yoko Ono’s most potent artistic tools — depth charges designed for maximum impact, unexpected wit, and subtly change-inducing effect. And though words like “empowerment” feel too tapped-out to draw from the same power source as Ono-connected words like “yes” [...]
Yoko Ono began 2010 by participating in “Art Adds,” a project that exhibits her artwork on New York City taxicabs. Replacing advertisements that traditionally decorate the rooftops of taxis, Ono’s peace-promoting works (along with pieces by Alex Katz and Shirin Neshat) move throughout the city as a kind of public art. In Carol Vogel’s New York Times article about the project, Ono likens the experience to a dance, saying, “The message is always in motion.”
YOKO ONO A HOLE
The artwork titled “A HOLE” is a plate of glass with a bullet hole pierced through by a gun shot.
There is an English text underneath the hole as follows: “A HOLE GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS AND SEE THROUGH THE HOLE.” The text allows viewers to move around voluntarily [...]
