Eryk Salvaggio wrote:
>At one point, there was the Yoko Ono Nail piece, with the
>hammers and a bucket of nails, which confused a seven year
>old girl to no end. She couldn't understand why the nails
>and hammers were out in the open if people weren't allowed
>to put nails into the canvas, on account of all of the
>enormous "Do Not Touch The Art" signs. It was pretty great,
>and probably the best critique of Yoko Ono's work I'd heard.
The big Yoko Ono exhibit "YES YOKO ONO" is now showing at the Houston Contemporary
Museum of Art, which I am somewhat excited to see. What I am not excited to see is how
the pieces from the 60's have turned from interesting pieces of art into do-not-touch
museum commodity objects. For example, I called the museum yesterday and asked if one
could climb the ladder in "Celing Piece." "No, of course not," was the answer.
It is a sad day when anti-art turns into art...
Maybe when I go I can make my own mini version of the piece. One would climb a
step-stool that had a pole attached to it. Hanging from the pole would be a string
holding a magnifying glass and a little piece of paper that says "NO."
-Josh Ronsen
http://www.nd.org/jronsen
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