Yoko Ono’ Art Exhibit
(NYC)
"Touch Me"
As I arrived at Yoko
Ono's
art exhibit, "Touch
Me"...
I was immediately
delighted by all the
people
dressed in black....
(Both men and women)
I suppose this was the
attire for
Gallery Lelong...
(Located at 528 W26th St.
New York City)
Sleek.Classy. I liked it.
It was a kool contrast to
the bright white walls...
I walked in further and
went over to the desk and
signed
the guest book. It was
quite full of signatures
already.
I took some of the
greeting postcards and
flyers Yoko
had left out there for her
guests which were simple
yet effective....
It read...
Touch me
Y.O. '08
As I entered further, I
saw was a long line of
portraits...
as it say's in her
blog...
"Complementing this
contemporary work will be
Vertical Memory, in which
a composite of a male
face—combining Ono's
father, husband and
son—is contrasted with
the artist's succinct and
moving texts describing
her passage from birth to
death."
Each picture had a short
piece of narrative
about her life. From birth
onward...
Some were incredibly deep
and revealing.
Things I have never known
about Yoko. Some of them
were quite shocking...some
were funny...some sad...
(She is so open and
totally honest about
herself!...and bold!)
I am not going to tell you
everything that was under
each picture....you should
go and experience that for
yourself...
As I walked into the next
room, there was a very
large canvas
(Almost the width of the
gallery!)
with holes which seemed to
have been cut with a razor
or
carpet knife....in x
shapes...
People were there with
polaroid cameras ready to
take your picture
as you placed your arm or
leg or other appendage
through
one of the holes and they
would snap a pic.
You were free to keep the
picture or sign it and
leave it
pinned to another wall
Yoko had set up for
people
to leave their pics. They
were hilarious too...that
was fun.
I signed mine and left
it...Cazzy-The Alien Bluez
Dude...Peace Yoko!
As I walked around
further, there were these
other pictures
taken of different people,
each with a interesting
look or shade or hue
or expression. I stared at
each one for a
time...trying to feel
Yoko's
mindset and thoughts...
Around the other
wall....there was a meduim
sized black marble bowl
filled with water....and a
note from Yoko...
"Dip your fingers in the
water....Touch me"
So I did and walked over
to the next table which
had several boxes,
each with a different part
of the body, made in soft
rubber...
(Molds of Yoko's body?)
The first box was the
lips, then the breasts,
then the tummy, then the
pelvis,
then the knees and then
the legs, and then finally
the feet.
I touched each part as
Yoko requested, and it
felt like real skin!
Amazing!
Around into the next room,
there were four tv's...
Each displaying a
different video...of
Yoko...
For instance...
One was done in Paris,
France....
Yoko sitting in a chair
onstage with a black dress
on...
People came up from the
audience and took a pair
of scizzors,
and one by one, they cut
pieces of Yoko's dress!
She sat there totally
oblivious and calm...
(Peaceful Yoko as
always!)
One by one they cut, the
audience...
Until finally, she was
down to just
underthings...It was
amazing how each person
came up and looked up at
Yoko
before cutting another
piece of her dress, and
Yoko
would just stare straight
ahead...totally calm and
buddhist.
(You gotta love her!)
I think people were
standing around trying
to...wait and see
if Yoko would arrive. I
didn't want to bother her
and bug her for
an autograph...or try and
snap a picture of her...so
I left.
(She probably is tired of
signing those, and having
pictures taken I'm sure!)
I left a CD of my music
for Yoko with one of the
girls...and went outside
into the beautiful NYC
sunny day...
The weird thing was...it
actually felt sunnier and
brighter inside the
gallery!
All in all it was exciting
and awesome and
kool...Soooo
glad I went!
(This art exhibit runs
thru May 31st in case you
want to go...)
Love you,Yoko
You are real....real is
love...
Pretty Kool site...I
must say....
I don't want to make
anyone mad or anything
but...
I don't want to sign with
any label or companies or
what have you...
I already have toured on
the road....
(I toured with the late
deaf drummer, Shawn Dale
Barnett, who played drums
briefly and lived for a
time with Layne Staley of
Alice in Chains.)
Really all I want to do is
share my music with people
who want to just
listen...and lately i have
been playing guitar at
rave's and
techno/psy-trance parties
with my buddy DJ CKat
(Cheshire Kat) and or any
other open minded DJ's...
Peace to all...
{ o}====>
Cazzy
The Alien Bluez Dude
