Love and peace seem like the most two stodgy words for artist. In today’s world, there are only a few artists who can convey love and peace directly from their artworks. Yoko Ono is one of them. She is a multimedia artist, Avant-Guard artist, singer, and she is also known for her work in music and filmmaking. However, some people think her works are too simple and easy to understand, some people think her works are not creative at all and even cannot be called art. Yoko thinks she is not an outsider, but also does not have much of a relationship with the dominant group. She is herself, she is not an Avant-Guard artist, she is always being herself.[footnoteRef:1] Peace and love are very important to everyone, just like breath, simple but essential,
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She is the oldest child in her family and she has another three siblings. She was born in an aristocratic family. Her father was a classic pianist before he worked at Yokohama Specie Bank. The family moved to San Francisco, California because her father was transferred. In 1937, Yoko went back to Japan with her father and enrolled at The Gakushuin School in Tokyo. When she was 18 years old, her family came to New York again, and she studied at Sarah Lawrence College where she met her first husband, Yoshi Ichiyanagi.[footnoteRef:2] [2: “Yoko Ono”, Wikipedia, Last Modified November 10, 2015, Accessed November 1, 2015. …show more content…
They met on November 9, 1966 when Lennon came to an exhibition of Yoko’s at the Indica Gallery in London, England. Lennon was attracted to her artwork. Actually that is not the first time they met. Lennon had seen her famous show “cut piece” before and fell in love with this Japanese artist. After 18 mouths, they divorced with their previous husband and wife and got married in 1968 in Gibraltar. After marriage they did many collaborations together including some recordings and experimental films. During their honeymoon, they held a movement called “Bed-ins for Peace” to revolt the Vietnam War. After the Beatles’ breakup, the couple moved to New York, where Lennon was killed in front of their building on December 8.[footnoteRef:4] [4: Biography.com Editors, “John Lennon and Yoko Ono”, A&E Television Networks, Accessed November 3, 2015.
She is the oldest child in her family and she has another three siblings. She was born in an aristocratic family. Her father was a classic pianist before he worked at Yokohama Specie Bank. The family moved to San Francisco, California because her father was transferred. In 1937, Yoko went back to Japan with her father and enrolled at The Gakushuin School in Tokyo. When she was 18 years old, her family came to New York again, and she studied at Sarah Lawrence College where she met her first husband, Yoshi Ichiyanagi.[footnoteRef:2] [2: “Yoko Ono”, Wikipedia, Last Modified November 10, 2015, Accessed November 1, 2015. …show more content…
They met on November 9, 1966 when Lennon came to an exhibition of Yoko’s at the Indica Gallery in London, England. Lennon was attracted to her artwork. Actually that is not the first time they met. Lennon had seen her famous show “cut piece” before and fell in love with this Japanese artist. After 18 mouths, they divorced with their previous husband and wife and got married in 1968 in Gibraltar. After marriage they did many collaborations together including some recordings and experimental films. During their honeymoon, they held a movement called “Bed-ins for Peace” to revolt the Vietnam War. After the Beatles’ breakup, the couple moved to New York, where Lennon was killed in front of their building on December 8.[footnoteRef:4] [4: Biography.com Editors, “John Lennon and Yoko Ono”, A&E Television Networks, Accessed November 3, 2015.