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"text": "Yoko Ono is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, activist, and filmmaker. Her creative practice spans many different fields. She is known for performance art and filmmaking. She also creates conceptual art. This is art based on ideas rather than just physical objects. One famous example is her piece \"Painting to Be Stepped On.\" This work consisted of a canvas placed on the floor. It became a complete artwork as viewers left footprints on it. Through this, Ono suggested that art does not need to be mounted on a wall.

Yoko Ono Wish Tree B
Yoko Ono Wish Tree B

\n\nOno's life began in Tokyo, Japan. She was born on February 18, 1933. Her given name, Yōko, means \"ocean child\" in Japanese. Her father was a wealthy banker and a former classical pianist. Her mother was trained in many traditional Japanese musical arts. Ono attended the elite Gakushūin school in Tokyo. There, she was a classmate of Prince Akihito, the future emperor of Japan. During World War II, she stayed in a special bunker in Tokyo's Azabu district. This helped her stay safe during the fire-bombing of March 9, 1945. She has noted that the starvation during this period helped shape her \"aggressive\" attitude.

Mikhail Tarasov %26 Yoko Ono
Mikhail Tarasov %26 Yoko Ono

\n\nIn 1952, Ono moved to New York City to join her family. She attended Sarah Lawrence College to study poetry and music composition. She was fascinated by twelve-tone composers like Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. Her teacher introduced her to avant-garde music. This is music that is experimental and unusual. She studied the work of composers like John Cage and Henry Cowell. In 1956, she married the composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. They later divorced in 1962.

Yoko Ono 4 - Echo of Moscow
Yoko Ono 4 - Echo of Moscow

\n\nOno became a key figure in the New York downtown art scene. In the early 1960s, she was associated with Fluxus. Fluxus was a loose group of avant-garde artists. The group was founded by George Maciunas. Ono maintained her independence from the group but collaborated with its members. She lived and worked in a loft at 112 Chambers Street in Manhattan. This loft served as a studio and a place for concerts.

In 1961, she gave a major public performance at Carnegie Recital Hall. This concert featured radical experimental music. In 1965, she debuted her famous performance piece, \"Cut Piece,\" at the same venue.\n\nOno achieved global fame through her marriage to John Lennon. Lennon was a musician from the

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