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. At the heart of her art practice lies viewer participation; she aims to transform the viewer from a passive observer into an active part of the work.
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 works such as the artist's book "Grapefruit" (1964), the iconic performance "Cut Piece" in which the viewer cuts the artist's clothes with scissors, "Sky Ladders," and "Mend Piece," based on the act of repairing broken objects. The exhibition extends across the space, encompassing Gallery-2 and Gallery-3 of the museum, as well as the Book Arts and Calligraphy Collection gallery in the garden and 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 introduced by Ono in 1964 and form the conceptual framework of this exhibition.
Wednesday, July 29
12:00-13:00