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Tourists cut clothes off performance artist in dramatic museum show


yoko ono museum exhibition

TOURIST ATTRACTION: Yoko Ono’s museum exhibition features a performance piece (Pic: EPA)

Tourists are flocking to see a quirky exhibition in Germany’s Museum of Fine Arts (MdbK).

For limited time only, a Yoko Ono showcase is being held at the Leipzig venue.

Films and rare drawings are among the artistic delights that can be seen on display.

Naked performance artists have also been hired to give guests a show.

Here’s everything you need to know about the museum exhibition.

Yoko Ono, 86, was born in Tokyo.

She is known for a number of reasons – she’s a singer, peace activist and the widow of John Lennon.

The Japanese-American woman is also renowned for her art and has been highly acclaimed for her contemporary works.

She’s held a number of popular exhibitions over the years, which is probably why her latest instillation is going down so well.

Currently, she is running her Peace is Power showcase in the MdbK, Leipzig.

yoko ono museum exhibition

STRIPPED BACK: Yoko Ono’s showcase features a Cut Piece performance (Pic: EPA)

The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Jon Hendricks and Aldred Wiedinger.

These curators helped her to select the 60 works on display.

There are a wide variety of items on display, from movies to performance art.

The museum’s website states: “Yoko Ono has expressed herself in a variety of materials in her oeuvre, processing her artistic concerns in installations, films, fluxus pieces, performances and very rarely shown drawings.

“The Museum is particularly honoured that three of her early performances will be staged at the MdbK, directed by Yoko Ono.”

Cut Piece

CULTURE VULTURES: During the piece, tourists cut the clothes of a performance artist (Pic: EPA)

Following the showcase’s launch on April 3, pictures have emerged from the German museum.

These images show artists replicating Yoko Ono’s 1964 performance – Cut Piece.

During this segment, members of the audience are invited onto the stage to cut pieces out of a model’s outfit.

By the end of the dramatic work, the woman is left with a pair of scissors that she uses to snip her hair.

The performance is said to confront issues of gender, class and cultural identity.

It has also been shown in New York’s Carnegie Hall and London’s Africa Centre in the past.

Tourists who want to visit the museum are required to pay €5, which is equivalent to around £4.25.

Those who are travelling in groups of more than eight may also be eligible for a group discount.



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