Yoko Ono – Half a Wind Show (2013)

Louisiana poster featuring work by Japanese-American artist Yoko Ono (b. 1933), published in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition, Yoko Ono – half a wind show – a Retrospective, in 2013. Yoko Ono is a legend and one of the most influential artists of our time. On the occasion of Ono’s 80th birthday, Louisiana opened a retrospective exhibition of over 100 works, showcasing the diversity of media and disciplines in Yoko Ono’s artistic production.

Yoko Ono expresses herself with equal simplicity and originality in visual art, poetry, film, music, installation, performance and events. The main element in her works are ideas, not materials. Many of Ono's ideas are poetic, bizarre and utopian, others concretely realizable. They reflect her subtle humor and a pronounced social critical attitude in equal measure.

While some ideas manifest in the form of objects, others remain on an immaterial plane. The starting point for many works is Yoko Ono's Instructions, oral or written invitations to the audience. In this way, the artist grants the viewer an active role in the creative process.