The Impact Of Yoko Ono And John Lennon

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According to biography.com, Yoko Ono is a multimedia artist who is from Japan who gained a sudden rise to popularity after marrying one of the lead band members of The Beatles, John Lennon. She was born in Tokyo, Japan in the year, 1933. She had a fascinating interest in art ever since she was a young girl. She would often play alone despite having a brother and a sister. According to the documentary, “The Real Yoko Ono”, her mother had really little time for her. She had sense of unease ever since she was a child. Her family was aristocratic family. They were constantly moving back and forth between the United States and Japan due to Yoko’s father’s constant transferring. She never felt like she fit in anywhere she went to whether it was Tokyo, …show more content…

In all those years, many global events that had minimal to massive impacts on society had took place. Whether it was the invasion of Cambodia leading to the expansion of the War in Vietnam in the 70s, John Lennon getting shot in the year 1980 to the reforms of the Soviet Union in the 80s as well, the wall in Germany getting broken down in 1989, Princess Diana getting killed in 1997 and so on. Political unrest was almost omnipresent in the decades when Yoko Ono was in her prime. Yoko Ono and John Lennon were very keen and positive towards spreading positivity and upholding the beliefs to maintain world peace. Even in the 60s, she was known for her feminist artwork and is one of the strongest voices of feminism today. She aimed at breaking pathways for women to have a name for themselves in the art industry. Although most of Yoko’s early works were mostly intriguing and mysterious, her works later on after marrying John Lennon became more symbolic and activist like in nature. World peace became a huge deal for both Yoko and John. Through Lennon, she had also began to protest against the war in Vietnam. They had invited a bunch of journalists using their celebrity status to promote peace. Their campaign was “War Is Over” which was aimed at spreading peace and love. According to Yoko, she believed peace can be had by simply imagining it. Yoko had also titled manifesto in 1972 called “The …show more content…

Her intentions were to broaden the horizons of her audiences in order to portray whatever she tried to symbolize. She tried to portray on many occasions exactly what is wrong with society when it comes to many social issues such as feminism, war, social injustices etc. Major and important influences on her art style pertained to her friends, other artists and social movements. When it comes to her art styles, she focused many categories such as happenings, fluxus, performance art and conceptual art. ‘Happening’ art is simply a display of artworks in an art gallery or in a small locale. It is often staged and the audience may or may not participate. A ‘fluxus’ is a type of network of artists that thrived in the 1960s that would venture into art forms such as performances and music. This type of art was mostly seen and became very open in her book when she married John Lennon. John Lennon’s musical abilities and Yoko Ono’s thriving personality in her artwork created something really unique and quite bizarre. She also contributed to Broadway show musicals by helping out in composing them. The Fluxus’ art mostly consists of satirical and and anarchic styles of art. ‘Performance’ art is art that is showcased live by the artist(s). This was very popular in the

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