Yoko Ono is the second wife of John Lennon. Life and art

Yoko Ono is known to the general public, primarily as the wife of John Lennon. Although considerable successes in her life, she reached even before the meeting with him. The musician himself talked about her, that she was "the most famous of unknown artists". Who is Yoko Ono?

Childhood and family

Yoko was born in 1933 in a noble Japanese family. Her father was an aristocrat and managed the US branch of Bank of Japan. The mother came from a sort of bankers and was engaged in creativity. The first years of her life, Yoko lived with her mother in Tokyo.

At the age of three, she attended a music school for gifted children. Yoko always had a strong and rather willful character, admired strong and self-confident people. The family lived in America, then in Japan. Yoko entered the Faculty of Philosophy at Hakusyuin University, and then studied music and literature at Sarah Lawrence College.

In 1956, in spite of her parents, the girl married the composer Toshi Itiyanagi. Thanks to her husband, Yoko met with the New York avant-gardists, which became one of the defining moments of her life.

She completely plunged into the avant-garde, arranging eccentric performances and performances. The public was only amused, and critics' reviews were extremely disappointing. In response, a series of depressions followed and suicide attempts. In 1962, her father sent her to a psychiatric hospital in Japan.

Return to art

Yoko managed to attract attention with his creative antics. Anthony Cox admired her special. He pulled her out of the hospital and took him back to New York. Anthony became her second husband. In 1963, they had a daughter, Keko.

He was a true admirer of Yoko's creativity, helped in the organization of performances and exhibitions. Before the opening of one of them, the artist and met with John Lennon. In 1966, he went to the gallery "Indica". The musician was not impressed with the avant-garde, believing that he was positioning a total denial of everything, but seeing the word "yes" on one of the exhibits, he decided to stay at the exhibition.

Acquaintance with Yoko was started with the help of an unusual dispute. John saw the inscription "hammer a nail" and wished to perform what was written on the exhibit. The artist allowed to do this, but only for five shillings. Lennon answered that he would give imaginary money, and he would kill an imaginary nail. "That's how our meeting happened, she felt something, I felt something, and the rest is, as they say, history."

John Lennon's Wife

Yoko Ono was seven years older than Lennon. Their first meeting grew into greater feelings gradually, although the initiative came from it. The artist sent John a note, insistently called him, watched her at the house. Over time, they began to communicate. Discussing politics, philosophy, he discovered an interesting personality and mentor in Yoko.

The first wife of John Lennon worried about the appearance of a rival, and once they found them in bed, she filed for divorce. Lennon and Yoko began to live together and soon got married. "I know that when I met John, the women for him were just maidens. He had to open up and deal with a woman like me. "

The musician completely picked up her crazy experimental ideas, two rebellious spirits joined together. The new wife of John Lennon (photo below) inspired him to create joint projects. The brightest was the "interview in bed", when the couple answered questions from journalists lying in their pajamas in bed.

Eastern Dragon

John was everywhere in the company with Yoko. The artist entered his life when the Beatles were at the height of glory, and she was immediately perceived as a threat. She was present at the rehearsals and recordings of the group, which before that was a taboo for the members of the group.

The disagreements between the musicians grew. Legendary The Beatles broke up in 1970, and the reasons for this were not found, although many decided that the fault was all Yoko. The name of John Lennon's wife increasingly appeared in the media. She was christened the Eastern dragon, the woman-destroyer.

The public considered Yoko a manipulator, a witch, who stupefied the brilliant performer. John's statements were offended. Repeatedly in an interview he said that he had long wanted to leave the band, the obligation to write songs on the contract and disputes for the championship with McCartney weighed on him. He admired his wife, her steadfastness and confidence, noting that she had revealed to him his freedom.

Music, politics, art

In 1969 John and Yoko equip their own music studio and organize their band Plastic Ono Band, in which John created his best album Imagine. They used their fame to popularize their political beliefs about the world without war and aggression.

John Lennon's wife did not abandon creativity even after his death. An artist, a business woman, a singer - all these definitions are certainly suitable for Yoko. In her 76 she was in the lead in the dance chats with her own single I'm Not Getting Enough. Yoko regularly arranges concerts, organizes new projects.

The main feature of her work is interacting with the spectator by the method of interactivity. Yoko exhibitions are held around the world, remaining unpredictable and involving. On one of the performances she sat on the stage, allowing the audience to cut the pieces from her clothes until she was naked. So the artist symbolically assumed the brutality and rudeness of the world.

Yoko became the vehicle of conceptual art even before the advent of this term. Back in 1964, she published a book Grapefruit with a set of ideas and instructions for creating creative works, which called for the permission to copy works and destroy the originals. With her originality and originality, Yoko fully proved that she is not just the wife of John Lennon, but also quite self-sufficient in art.