At our 565th Art Gathering, we will visit the "Yoko Ono: Inner Voice and Inner Structure" exhibition at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum.

Yoko Ono, born February 18, 1933, in Tokyo, was a Japanese-American avant-garde artist, musician, and activist. Considered one of the most influential figures in changing the direction of contemporary art, Ono began her career in the avant-garde art circles of New York in the late 1950s; she pioneered works in many disciplines, including conceptual art, performance, experimental film, and music. Her art practice is based on viewer participation; she aims to transform the viewer from a passive observer into an active part of the work. Her artist book "Grapefruit," published in 1964, is considered a masterpiece of conceptual art with its instructions on art and life. Her music career was also very prolific; she has 26 albums, seven of which were with John Lennon. Known for her marriage to John Lennon and her peace activism, Ono continues to produce work despite being over 90 years old.

The exhibition brings together 67 works from Yoko Ono's more than 70 years of artistic output. It encompasses a wide range, from early instructional pieces and conceptual works to performance, film, installation, and participatory works. The exhibition features landmark pieces such as the artist's book "Grapefruit" (1964), the iconic performance "Cut Piece" in which the viewer cuts the artist's clothing with scissors, "Sky Ladders," and "Mend Piece," based on the act of repairing broken objects. The exhibition extends spatially, encompassing the museum's Galleries 2 and 3, as well as the garden and the Book Arts and Calligraphy Collection gallery within the Equestrian Pavilion. This sprawling arrangement invites visitors to deeply reflect on imagination, perception, participation, memory, peace, and interpersonal connections. The concepts of "insound" and "instructure," from which the exhibition takes its name, were coined by Ono in 1964 and form the conceptual framework of this exhibition. The exhibition is also accompanied by a Turkish-English catalog; this catalog includes texts by Ahu Antmen, Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya, Connor Monahan, and Jon Hendricks, as well as Yoko Ono's own writings.

Museum Admission Fee

Adult: 450 TL

Discounted: 330 TL

Wednesday, July 29

12:00-13:00

Address: Emirgan, Sakıp Sabancı Caddesi No:42, Sarıyer

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