Public Artwork
Imagine Peace
Location:
Allan Lamport Stadium Park, Corner of Liberty Street and Jefferson Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Ono, Yoko
Text author(s):
Ono, Yoko
Installation year:
2008 Description:
Yoko Ono has often remarked that all of her work is a form of wishing. For Wish Tree, participants were invited to write a wish on a piece of paper and tie it to the branches of a tree, as a form of collective secular prayer. The resulting mass of wishes resembled white flowers blossoming when seen from afar.
The Imagine Peace billboard continues the advertising strategy of the War is Over! campaign that Ono and Lennon waged in the late 60s and early 70s.
Text of the artwork:
IMAGINE PEACE
yoko ono 2008
Text theme:
Love, Peace
Artwork theme:
Love and world peace
History:
Event: Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace, Noga Samek Art Gallery [3rd level Langone Center, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.] Date: August 25 to October 8, 2008.
Event: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Date: night of October 4, 2008
The project takes the form of a billboard.
Event: Vancouver Sculpture Biennale / Open Spaces: Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Vancouver, British Columbia
Event date(s):
2008 Note(s):
Public contribution: the names of the authors of the "wishes" (members of the public) have not been noted.
Artist's biography:
Ono, Yoko Document(s):
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