Naked fine art ( 2003-09-15 14:24) (Agencies)
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono could end up stark naked on a
Paris stage as she performs her one-woman art show "Cut Piece", in which members
of the audience are to cut off pieces of her clothing.
Ono, 70, who accompanied her Beatle husband in numerous controversial
anti-war campaigns including the "Bed-In for Peace" against the Vietnam War,
first performed her "Cut Piece" show in 1964 in Japan as a protest for
peace.
At the end of the show, she stood naked before her audience.
"Come and cut a piece of my clothing wherever you like --- the size of less
than a postcard --- and send it to the one you love," the avant-garde artist
said in a statement ahead of the performance at Paris' Ranelagh theatre.
"When I first performed this work, in 1964, I did it with some anger and
turbulence in my heart. This time, I do it with love for you, for me and for the
world."
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