Yoko Ono's exhibition now in São Paulo

Nails, broken china, stones, helmets, films, and women's accounts are all part of Yoko Ono's “The sky is still blue, you know...” exhibition, which invites visitors to take an active role in constructing the artist's works. It is open at Instituto Tomie Ohtake in São Paulo Tuesdays to Sundays until May 28.

As they arrive at the exhibition, visitors receive poem-like instructions. At Wish Tree for the World, for example, the instruction reads, “Make a wish. Ask the tree to send your wishes to all the trees in the world.” Messages are placed on the piece's branches.

The exhibition consists of 65 pieces called “Instructions”, which invite spectators to interact with the works. Curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, the Icelandic critic and director of the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, “The sky is still blue, you know...” reveals the basic elements that define Yoko Ono's broad career as one of the leading contemporary avant-garde artists.

With the exhibition, the artist-activist continues to question the concept and object of art. She was one of the first artists to engage spectators in the creative process, inviting them to play a role as important as that of the author.

Translated by Mayra Borges