MAM Art Course 11
No. 13 "Yoko Ono - The Road of Hope"
Japanese-English simultaneous translation available
In the 13th and the final session in the course, Ms. Yoko Ono, the recipient of the 8th Hiroshima Prize, will talk about her messages she would like to convey to the Japanese people today, facing multiple crises since the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in March.
- Date & Time
- 19:00-20:30, August 4 [Thu], 2011
- Speaker
- Yoko Ono (Artist, Musician and Peace Activist)
- Organizers
- Mori Art Museum, Academyhills
- Corporate Sponsor
- UBS Group
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* This Lecture is made possible by the generous support from the Mori Art Museum Best Friends.
- Yoko Ono Profile
- Yoko Ono is an artist whose thought provoking work challenges people's understanding of art and the world around them. From the beginning of her career, she was a conceptualist whose work encompassed a number of performance, instructions, film, music and writing.
Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933, and moved to New York in 1953, following her studies in philosophy in Japan. By the late 50s, she had become part of the city's vibrant avant-garde activities. Her conceptual works Instruction Paintings, Cut piece, The Stone and the book Grapefruit are world widely known.
In 1969, together with John Lennon, she realized a performance Bed-in and the worldwide "War Is Over! (if you want it)" campaign for peace.
Ono has had numerous exhibitions, including traveling exhibitions organized by the Museum of Modern Art Oxford and the Japan Society in New York. In 2009, she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Venice Biennale. In 2011, she will have several exhibitions including a solo show at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, and is being honored with the prestigious Hiroshima Art Prize.
She is working tirelessly for peace with her "IMAGINE PEACE" campaign from 2007. - "The Road of Hope" Yoko Ono Exhibition for the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize
July 30 [Sat] – October 16 [Sun], 2011 -
Yoko Ono, who for over half a century has co<br>ntinued to work as an artist while delivering her message of "love and peace," was awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize this year. She will hold a solo exhibition titled "The Road of Hope" at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art from 30 July till 16 October.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki witnessed two of the greatest tragedies in human history.
Now we have witnessed the Great East Japan Earthquake, which took so many lives, and the unprecedented catastrophe of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
The new exhibition will be a requiem for those whose lives were lost and an attempt to console those who experienced the tragedy directly. With a new installation that will suggest a "road of hope," the exhibition will be a message from Ono to the world.
- What art can do for society. Learning about the art of the future.
MAM Art Course 2008-2011 -
Mori Art Museum presents “MAM Art Course,” a series of educational courses exploring diverse facets of contemporary art. The courses are divided into three themes, A, B and C - Art, Business and Culture - and investigate the complex web of relations that exists between art and society. The course held in 2009 explored the role of art fairs, documentation and copyright issues in contemporary art as well as new possibilities for democracy in Japan. The courses held in 2010 provided opportunities to think about the social issues as Ohitorisama no Rogo - Single working women and aging and transformation of the media including the social media. We welcome Ms. Yoko Ono in the 13th and the final session in the course.
