THINKING
Our thinking and mindsets have come a long way. Thoughts are ever-changing and can be manipulated​. Art also acts as a medium for artists to express their thoughts. The flux in thinking is what we are going to explore first.
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono, 1964
This piece is considered to be a landmark in performance art and feminist art. Ono knelt on stage with her best suit and invited her audience to cut off pieces until she was down to her under garments... (click on image for more)
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Credits to Ellagrievesbodofdifference
The Rag-and-Bone Man
Marianne von Werefkin, 1917
The painting depicts an urban scavenger, leaning on a stick, surrounded by a dark lake. On the lake, a small rowing boat drifts. In the background, mountains rise up to the moon like a representation of death with the yellow and black sky... (click on image for more)
Credits to Miles
Return Home
Marianne von Werefkin, c. 1909
This painting shows a group of women walking down a street at night carrying parcels and babies. The lowly lit streets and the large amounts of baggage they are carrying seem to create a solemn mood and show great difficulty in the mere act of walking, presumably, back home to rest... (click on image for more)
Credits to Dias
Arising
Yoko Ono, 1969
Ono calls attention to the plight of women worldwide. She advocated for peace towards women by exposing the harm done to them and solicits contributions, asking women to send her photos of their eyes as “testaments of harm” that have been done to them solely for being female.... (click on image for more)
Credits to The Art Story
Painting to be Stepped On
Yoko Ono, 1960/1961
In July 1961, George Maciunas, an architect, designer, and co-director of the AG Gallery offered Ono her first solo show. Ono went to an Army surplus shop and bought a rolled canvas. After going back to her loft, she began to cut and stretch the canvas. After cutting the circle, there was a kind of strange shape... (click on image for more)
Credits to the Museum Of Modern Art
References (Images)
Dias, S. F. (2018). Return Home (c. 1909). [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://www.theartstory.org/artist-von-werefkin-marianne-artworks.htm
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Ellagrievesbodofdifference. (2017). Yoko Ono; The Cut Piece. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://ellagrievesbodofdifference.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/yoko-ono-the-cut-piece/
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Miles, W. (2018). Marianne von Werefkin The rag and bone man 1917. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
http://pictify.saatchigallery.com/1104674/marianne-von-werefkin-the-rag-and-bone-man-1917
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The Art Story. (2018). Arising: December 9th, 2013-Present. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://www.theartstory.org/blog/yokoono/
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The Museum Of Modern Art. (2018). Painting to be Stepped On. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from