Art

The art form of modernist period, can be generally stated from late 1900, in this period of
time people was exposed to lot of social reforms, like in the fields of economical, cultural,
political and educational change all over the world. Modern era artists were allowed to
experience  freedom in their works and exploit new techniques. Contemporary art form is one of
the well known art form which was followed in modern era. Here the idea behind this art form
was to make the audience, think about the subject to which the art work was to be performed.

Many female artists can be stated as an example who followed this kind of art work,  like Janine
Antoni she uses her whole or different parts of the body to create the art work. In her work called
loving care(1992) she uses her hair as paint brush. She dips her hair in a bucket of dye and
mops the gallery floor on her hand and knees.

Many types of modern artists can be classified according to their field, by their choice of
work. Like performance art, painting, theater artists, photographers, designers, sculptors etc.
Shahzia Sikander who is a Pakistani American artist is specialized working in Indian and Persian
miniature paintings. Fiona Rae born in Hong kong in 1963, was settled in England she is an
painter who uses oil paint for all her drawings. Her painting reflects the way she experiences the
work and tells about her as a person who she is really. Barbara Kruger born in New Jersey, is an
American conceptual artist, designer and writer. She is an important person who deals with the
post modern and feminist issue. She entered the magazine Mademoiselle as an designer , she
designed book covers for political texts. She is an graphic designer and is also involved in films,
televisions and mass media .Kruger photographs the picture herself and then give captions for it.
These captions speaks for themselves in the photograph one such examples are  I shop therefore
I am. Her works has been placed in galleries, public places and magazines. Lot of such
examples can be given from modern era women artists. Their limitations does not stand in this
fields alone they shine in mass media, films and sculptors.

A detailed account of Asian American artist Yoko Ono can be illustrated here as to study
In detail about female artists . Yoko Ono is one of the eminent personality who was an artist and
was able to perform in various fields like music, poetry, writer, an contemporary artist etc. She
was born in Tokyo Japan, on 18th February 1933. She was the eldest of three children in her
family. Her family emigrated from Japan and settled in New York. She began her musical
classes for piano at a very young age and received vocal training from opera. Yoko had interest
in learning conceptual art and poetry. She teached Japanese art and music in public school
system. At age of 19 she settled back in New York and learnt music from Sarah Lawrence
college as avant- grade artists. Where she met her first husband Toshi Ichiyanagi and got married
in 1956.In early 1960 she started as an artist performing music and poetry her artistic nature
made her cross many boundaries like art, film, music, and theatre media. Yoko s work often
demands the viewers participation and forces them to get involved, regarding her family life, she
had a difference of opinion with her first husband and so she divorced him Later married
Anthony Cox a jazz musician and film producer they also had a daughter named Kyoko.

In 1966 Yoko went to London to stage an art piece performance called cut piece .where
the audience was invited to cut pieces of her clothing until she was naked. The success of this
work lead to a personal exhibition show where she met John Lennon, who was a known singer in
Beatles group. This was a major turning point in her life. John was impressed by her work he
was having an art school background. Lennon and yoko became friends and worked several
projects together .Later they divorced their spouses and got married in 1969.After their marriage
they both did a joint venture of works like making movies and in art. Some of their albums like
give peace a chance, new wave was big hits. The most famous was bed in held in
Amsterdams hotel during the couples honey moon. she became a part of a group known
as Fluxus whose artists had a challenging relationship with art work and viewers. In 1961 she
made a painting called as to see a room through , where a room was covered with canvas and
the viewers can view it through a hole. These forms of her contemporary art had a reach among
the public. Yoko Ono wrote a book of instructions called Grapefruit ,this book gives instructions
that are to be completed in the mind of the reader.  During her mid sixties yoko Ono began to
explore motion pictures as another extension of art. Her first film was released in1964 a walk to
Taj mahal, in this film she breaks the barrier between the camera and the audience. The camera
takes a viewers point  walking through the snow storm.  She made movies with different themes
like Bottoms, this movie consists of a close examination of the naked human body. Where she
shooted series of frames made up of nothing but hundreds of naked backsides. She also made
theoretical films and documentaries.

In 1970 Yoko Ono  Plastic Ono band were the two albums having identical covers, in
this album Yoko experimented a new trend by mixing harsh vocals influencing Japanese opera,
and free jazz techniques which made a new reach among the audience and collected a great
amount in the us charts. Yoko is a radical artist someone who requires an open mind in order to
have her work appreciated. Both yoko and Lennon has a son Sean in1975 .After this Lennon
took care of household to take care of their son. During this time period a great tragic incident
took place in Yoko s life, John Lennon was shot dead by Chapman in 1980 December 8. Yoko
was filled with grief but later she recovered herself as she re-did lot of her early art work in
bronze and continued with her music. She remained active releasing music albums and
composing two of her Broadway musicals most recent being the Hiroshima. She released albums
like seasons of glass in 1981,  it s alright in 1982. Yoko Ono resumed her carrier as a visual
artist who created art reformations and she also had a new found interest in the field of
photography.

In 2001 yes Yoko Ono a forty year retrospective of Ono s work ,received the
prestigious international association of Art critics U.S.A award for best museum show in the
New York city. Her latest album in 2001 was blue print for a sunrise. Yoko Ono is the one
who is guarding over John Lennon legacy, On October 2009 Yoko dedicated a memorial called
Imagine peace tower, located in Iceland. She also created New York city Rock and roll hall for
John Lennon ,which exhibits music ,photographs and personal items which depict Lennon s life
in New York.

Yoko Ono was nick named as Dragon lady. As per the name given to her she was a
lady with strong mentality, who has great ideas in making her art work , films and music
successful .By taking an bold approach in the views of society, by telling her own views which
sometimes got opposition and controversial talk from people. But she never took her legs
back in expressing her own views and ideas. When she married John she was thought as a reason
for the split of Beatles group, but later by her work with John she won the hearts of people. Yoko
Ono through out her life faced many controversies and was also not very successful in her
marriage life. Only after John in her life became stable and also succeeded in her career .Yoko
did not re marry after death of John she still has long lasting love for him.