Yoko Ono goes towards the light at Lyon's Museum of Contemporary Art

Lyon’s Museum of Contemporary Art is devoting three floors to the first retrospective in France dedicated to Yoko Ono. The exhibition opening filmed by euronews cultural reporter Wolfgang Spindler (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));The Yoko Ono Retrospective at the MAC at London attracted a lot of people for the opening. Yoko did not come in the end…Posted by Wolfgang Spindler on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Entitled Lumière de L’aube or Dawn Light, it brings together more than 100 works by the artist between 1952 and 2016. The Japanese artist, peace activist and second wife of John Lennon, will not be attending, due to illness. Known for her experimental art, music, filmmaking, and feminism, Ono was a major figure in the 1960’s New York underground art scene, and she continues to produce work and make headlines today. The retrospective includes Number Four, often referred to as ‘Bottoms’, which consists of a series of close-ups of human buttocks walking on a treadmill. You can also view collaborations with Lennon (Bed-In, 1969) and the WAR IS OVER! If You Want It campaign. According to Thierry Raspail, director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon: “She says something relevant that concerns both art and society: the ball in your own court. If you want things to change, to improve you have to stop blaming the others. Take responsibility” MAC Lyon opens the first comprehensive retrospective of Yoko Ono's work in France https://t.co/sDdTlPsce9 pic.twitter.com/flVt3gutbh— ArtDaily (@artdaily) March 13, 2016 Among the exhibits is “Ex it”, a remarkable installation of one hundred simple wooden coffins with fruit trees growing out of the opening where one normally sees the face of the dead. The show gives an insight into her overview towards the violence towards women, her depiction of the absurd as well as reflecting her sense of humour and pronounced socio-critical attitude. Yoko Ono: Lumière de L’aube will run until July 10. Yoko Ono's eclectic retrospective at Mac Lyon, France | Wallpaper* Magazine https://t.co/uR6Gw7w7dc— Kazuhide Hasegawa (@stargazek) March 11, 2016