Yoko to recreate naked art show

BBC ^ | September 5, 2003 | BBC

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Yoko to recreate naked art show

Yoko Ono is to re-stage her conceptual art project which saw her invite people to cut off her clothes until she was left naked.

It was 40 years ago that Ono, widow of John Lennon, took to the stage in Japan for Cut Piece.

Now Ono, 70, will recreate Cut Piece in Paris on 15 September in an effort to promote world peace.

During the original stunt she wore a white gown and gave audience members scissors to cut away the fabric.

She remained motionless until she was left completely naked.

Now she will invite guests to once again cut away postcard-sized pieces from her dress at the Theatre Le Ranelagh and ask them "send it to the one you love".

The original Cut Piece performance took place before she met and married the late Beatle Lennon.

It has gone down as one of most outrageous conceptual art performances, and has been widely copied by other artists.

Ono said she wanted to recreate the event because of political changes since the 11 September tragedies.

"Force and intimidation were in the air. People were silenced," she said.

"Cut Piece is my hope for world peace. When I first performed this work, in 1964, I did it with some anger and turbulence in my heart.

"This time I do it with love for you, for me, and for the world."

[Gman]

Yoko...OH NO!!!

[Skooz]

This is a mind picture I seriously do not need today.

[Serb5150]

Why is it that it's always people I do NOT want to see naked that seem hell-bent on taking their clothes off?

I suppose I should be happy it's not Hillary, but Yoko really isn't much better...

[LanPB01]

That's the sickest thing I've heard all day. However, I can think of many people that could substitute for Yoko . . .

[EggsAckley]

Just say "Oh No" to a nekkid 70-year-old Ono.

[Constitution Day]

Ugh. You forgot the Barf Alert.

[LanPB01]

This might be appropriate for a "Just Damn" PING. It's certainly sick enough.

[Pest]

I was going to say "Where's the barf alert?", but I guess that's implicit whenever you mention Yoko.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

No pictures, please.

On a side note - how did the Beatles manage to allow this talentless, ugly beee-yatch to wreck their band without at least taking one contract out on her?

[Snake Eater]

You just saved my life. I was contemplating suicide today, but I am NOT going to my grave with that image as the last thing on my mind. Makes my skin crawl, it does.

[GOP_Proud]

She is sooo over. Would someone please tell her?

[Hildy]

Think of the ego...somebody thinks that their naked body will bring everybody to peace. What is that about? What is the sick psychology of that?

[joyce11111]

Don't think I wanna see that.

[LanPB01]

Maybe she'll bring about peace by bringing everyone to their knees as they puke.

[George Smiley]

For some reason this makes me of the "Granny" in the old Playboy cartoons.

[never4get]

I suppose she thinks this stunt has some type of deep symbolic meaning...I think she is just an idiot. I'm probably right.

[Sofa King]

For the love of God, I'm about to eat lunch here!

[mr.pink]

It's a shame she's so egotistical, sexually desperate, and intellectually/artistically lazy that she's willing to revisit a very good conceptual/preformance piece just so she can get both nekkid and attention.

As Joni Mitchell once noted "nobody ever asked Van Gogh to paint "Starry Night" twice.

[Joe Brower]