Catalogue of an iconic exhibition
ONO, Yoko. Catalogue of the exhibition ‘Half-a-Wind-Show’ at the Lisson Gallery. London: Lisson Gallery. 1967.
4to. Four sheets stapled (255 x 205 mm); staples slightly rusted and fold at bottom corners; otherwise very good.
Very rare exhibition catalogue from Yoko Ono’s groundbreaking 1967 solo exhibition at the Lisson Gallery in London.
"Life is only half a game".
The iconic exhibition at the Lisson Gallery featured the ‘Half-a-Room’ installation, in which a diverse range of objects such as a chair, bookshelf, and hat were painted white and halved, serving as symbolic representations of the conclusion of Ono’s second marriage. John Lennon, who sponsored the exhibition, is jointly credited with Ono for the creation of the famous ‘Air Bottles’. Running from 11 October to 14 November 1967, ‘Half-a-Wind-Show’ marked a significant milestone in Ono’s early career, contributing to her growth and evolution as an artist. Of the obvious, yet absent, exposition of another kind of half - that of a person - Yoko would comment, "Somebody said I should also put half-a-person in the show. But we are halves already".
Library Hub shows only two other copies of this catalogue (Tate Britain and V&A).
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