Female artists seeking to influence the world

Yoko Ono Lennon, a mysterious and affectionate woman. A woman who is good at creating artistic events in silence. A 7 1 year-old woman who is still focusing on taking a stand. Nudity and peace are her supreme themes. She's a philosopher? A writer? An artist? Musician? Or a filmmaker? It's hard to draw a conclusion, but it's no exaggeration to give her any title, because she was able to control all the above fields easily in the 1960s. It's a pity that even though he is brilliant, such a strange girl bears a lifetime reputation and always bears the reputation of her ex-husband John Lennon, the soul figure of the Beatles. At the Shanghai Biennale in 2004, we were pleasantly surprised to find six of her works-two installations and four short films. Bareness, poetry and peace are still blooming outside the stadium. As an artistic creator, she interprets her thoughts of leaving office from the perspective of a bystander, which is the avant-garde Yoko Ono Lennon's maverick artistic style.

In the early 1960s, the talented Yoko Ono Lennon was the man of the hour on the avant-garde art stage in new york at that time. 1964, Yoko Ono Lennon performed her most famous performance "Slice" for the first time in Carnegie Hall: several randomly selected audiences were asked to cut her clothes into pieces with scissors until she was naked. That year, she was 32. 1In September 1966, she performed Slice again in London, which caused a sensation in the British art world. John Lennon in the audience met him as "the most important woman in life". In September 2003, 70-year-old Yoko performed Slice again in Paris. She said on the stage, "Come on, cut off my clothes, anywhere; The area cut by each person should not be larger than a postcard. Please give this piece to the person you love. " Explaining the performance after 37 years, she said: "1964 When I first did it, my heart was full of anger and anxiety, but this time, I did it with love for you, for me and for the whole world."

Even though Lennon was regarded as the chief culprit leading to the final dissolution of The Beatles, even though Lennon did not appear in public for five years, and even after Lennon died 20 years ago, she was criticized by some fans for making a fortune in the name of her late husband, Yoko Ono Lennon still admired her position in the field of contemporary art and music for decades. A few days ago, she participated in the chorus of "Every man has a man who loves him" at a gay party. This is the "gay version" of her old song "Every man has a woman who loves him" written more than 20 years ago, and only this song is used to express her support for same-sex marriage. Therefore, even though it is controversial, Yoko Ono Lennon still practices the expression and narrative mode which are rare among oriental artists. Because in her artistic perspective, works of art and appreciators are designed by her unintentionally but absolutely naturally. It is boring to show and observe along her way of thinking, but it is extremely calm, objective and true.

In this Biennale, the Hope Tree exhibited on the first floor of the Art Museum is a life installation that Yoko Ono Lennon has been insisting on for many years. "Wishing tree" is a traditional Japanese folk custom. People will write their wishes on small notes and tie them to the wishing tree of the shrine to pray for their happiness. However, happiness itself has many indicators and directions. By collecting the notes on the wishing tree, Yoko Ono Lennon himself became a collector of various wishes.

In the four short films of Yoko Ono Lennon shown in the screening hall on the fourth floor of the Art Museum, we were once again impressed by her skill in creating artistic events. In following her footsteps and watching the artistic events she concocted coldly, our inertial thinking was disturbed and social order was harassed, which further questioned the existing world outlook.

The film The Fly uses all the film to show a silent lady who seems to be almost asleep. The only thing that moves is a fly, and the camera follows it to stay in different parts of her body. This movie is so boring that the camera moves with the flies and the vision moves with the camera. Yoko described the film as an autobiographical chapter and chose a striking and subtle way to express himself.

At the movie terminal, Yoko gathered her friends of artists and musicians in new york and took photos of them streaking on the road. Another boring and dull shot. But perhaps the most surprising thing about this movie is that it is the people and things you can see in the street every day-but they are all naked.

The movie Rape is Yoko's most complicated and fascinating movie. According to this idea, the film crew chose a woman they met in the street-a woman who spoke German in London. The camera tracked her apartment. Women have changed from initial curiosity and cooperation to frustration and frustration. Everything can only make the audience confused: is this woman being followed or an actress? We can't understand her language, but we can understand her behavior and expression. The film tries to discuss the camera's invasion of privacy and further study our hobby of prying into other people's privacy.

This is Yoko Ono Lennon, whom John Lennon called "the most famous unknown artist in the world". At the age of 765,438+0, he still concentrates on his own world, carving dazzling nudity and truth with delicate, meticulous and cold eyes.