[lit-ideas] Re: The Prizeless Art of Yoko Ono
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:13:13 EST
In a message dated 2/20/2010 12:44:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
What a mistake it would be to ever leave the house without a complete
collection of Yoko's work (in our heads), in particular her conceptual art
pieces IMAGINE IMAGINING, BAGGING A BEATLE and WHAT'S FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
Donal
--- Well, yes. And as she notes: "price" and "prize" are really "the same
word". "His work is priceless", "His work is prizeless". "Surely, as things
stand NOW, an artist will not be recognised unless he is prized by the
authorities who have the prize to prize him, as well, turning him onto a
horse".
Yoko wrote "Grapefruit" as a pun for Brecht (his friend) as his Yam-Yam
concerts. These were held in "May" (acronym of "Yam") and to prove that the
best art is both priZeless and priCeless.
--- J. L. Speranza
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