YOKO ONO 'OPEN CITY' Panel
Yoko
Ono ‘Open City’ panel at Sabancı University
Kasa Gallery which is hosting Yoko Ono’s first exhibition in Turkey, is organizing a talk in which Ono’s art and position in contemporary art will be discussed.
The meeting will be held on 11th May 2007,
17:00 at Sabancı University Karaköy Communication Center and David Elliott
(Director, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art) and Defne Ayas (Curator, PERFORMA, New York University Shanghai) will be participating as speakers. Presentations
will be in English and translation will be provided.
David Elliott, will
present a brief biography of Yoko Ono’s background in US and Japan, and
talk about the context of Japanese art world in 1950s and 1960s,
Fluxus, her early work in Japan and London and Ono’s encounter with
John Lennon.
Defne Ayas will talk about artist’s recent
production and specifically about ‘Open City’.
Date: 11 May 2007
Time: 17:00
Place: Sabancı
University Communication Center, 2nd Floor,
Bankalar Cad. No:2
Karaköy Tel: 0212 292 49 39