A Lenono Shop Piece / A sales list for Art Metropole in Toronto
Sari Gurney
most of these Yoko Ono related art items are for sale now at Art Metropole
in
Toronto, and they sell also overseas and to the US. They take Visa, and may
take other credit cards (ask da...@artmetropole.com for all related details.)
YOKO ONO: Books and Multiples
February 26th to April 6th
Art Metropole
788 King St W
Toronto ON
Canada M5V 1N6
www.artmetropole.com
inquiries: da...@artmetropole.com
YOKO ONO: BOOKS AND MULTIPLES
MULTIPLES
ONO, Yoko
Add A Colour
Edition Hundertmark, Koln, Germany, 1998
46 x 36 x 2.5 cm
The 155th Edition by the legendary Fluxus publisher, this recent work by Ono
is a realization/variation of a piece from 1961. White wood board with white
canvas and a plexi-board with three cut letters, "PEA" and two letters
engraved "ce", signed, titled, dated and numbered. Edition of 30 copies.
$4000.00
ONO, Yoko
Art Is A Means Of Survival
Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada, 2001
4.5 cm button 15.1 x 10.1 cm postcard
Produced as a fundraiser for Art Metropole, these items reproduce the title
in the artists' handwriting. Discussing September 11th in a recent
interview with Now magazine, Ono stated "I understand that other people are
angry - I feel for them. But somewhere we have to stop the dialogue of
violence. Art is the way to do that."
Button $1.00 #03009
Postcard $1.00 #03008
ONO, Yoko
Bottoms T-Shirt
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA, 1993
Produced in conjunction with the Walker's massive Fluxus overview "In the
Spirit of Fluxus", this is a white t-shirt with an image from Ono's infamous
"Film No.4 (Bottoms)" on the verso.
$35.00 #02932
ONO, Yoko
A Box of Smile
Fluxus/Reflux, New York, USA, 1971/1984
5.3 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
One of Ono's signature pieces, a small plastic box with the title embossed
on the top. When the viewer opens the container he sees his own reflection,
and completes the piece with his smile. From an edition of 1170 unnumbered
copies, this is an authorized continuation (not a reprint) of the Fluxus
edition begun in 1971 by George Maciunas. These original plastic boxes were
produced to Maciunas's order in 1971 and gold-stamped at that time with the
title and date. Beginning in 1984, these incomplete, empty boxes were
completed with Ono's authorization. ReFlux, the name of the publisher, is
stamped on the bottom to distinguish from earlier collations. Available in
black or white.
$75.00 #02888
ONO, Yoko
Fly
Anderson Gallery, VA 1996
18.5 x 18.5 x 2 cm, cardboard box
A fantastic overview in a box. Includes a 20 page pamphlet with an essay by
Kevin Concannon and inserts of the exhibition at the Anderson Gallery in
1996. Also included are Cleaning Piece (a printed onionskin paper wrapping
two stones) and Wish Piece (printed paper and two acorns). Produced in an
edition of 100 signed copies (a trade edition of 2000 unsigned was also
produced). Highly recommended.
$225.00 #01003
ONO, Yoko
Hole to See the World Through
14 x 14 cm.
Framed postcard with a hole through the centre. Ono has also produced Hole
to See the Sky Through and Hole to See The Universe Through. Signed edition
of 400.
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
A Key to Open a Universe
Self-published, New York, USA, 1992
A clear plastic key with a printed label attached. Produced in an edition of
350 signed and numbered copies.
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
Mend Piece For John
Letter Edged in Black Press, New York, USA, 1968
15.5 x 15.5 x 1 cm
Published in S.M.S. Number 5. A plastic bag containing a broken plate, a
tube of glue and a poem in three stanzas.
Not for sale.
ONO, Yoko
A Piece of Sky
16 x 12 cm. Paper
Holiday greeting card with small square of blue ink. The text reads "Let's
all meet in 10 years and put the sky back together again." Ono,
independently and as a part of Fluxus, took part in an early form of mail
art. She continues these conceptual projects with her yearly greeting cards.
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
Rising T-shirt
Black cotton concert shirt from the Rising tour. Features an image from the
Franklin Summer series.
$45.00 (SOLD)
ONO, Yoko
Snow Piece
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2002
A plastic snow dome with "Snow Piece" and "Two Snow Pieces" texts reproduced
from Grapefruit.
$20.00 #03006
ONO, Yoko
Swatch
Swatch, Bienne, Switzerland,
Ono has re-imagined the wristwatch as a film-strip and reprinted images from
her notorious film "No. 4 (Bottoms)" along the wristband. The face of the
watch resembles a magnifying glass held over the strip, enlarging and
distorting the image of the bare bottoms from the controversial film. 50,000
with a short fold-out profile.
$200.00 #01104
ONO, Yoko
This Is Not Here
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2002
Cotton T-shirt
White t-shirt with the handwritten title on the chest.
Available in Medium and Large sizes
$19.95 #03000
ONO, Yoko
This Is Not Here
12.5 x 16 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2002
A white postcard with the text reprinted from the artists' handwriting.
$1.00 #03000
ONO, Yoko
War Is Over
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2002
Cotton T-shirt
Black t-shirt with white text: War Is Over If You Want It/Love and Peace
John & Yoko.
Available in Medium and Large sizes
$19.95 #03001
ONO, Yoko
War Is Over! Shopping Bag
Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada, 2000
In 1969 John and Yoko funded billboards with the message "War is Over If You
Want It" in 20 cities around the world. For release at the Basel Art Fair in
2000, Ono authorized a reprint as a shopping bag. The bag was distributed
free of charge to all Art Metropole customers. Now out-of-print and
available in very limited quantities. Ono also signed 25 copies of the bag
as a fundraiser for Art Metropole.
$200.00 unframed #01003
$400.00 framed
$20.00 unsigned
ONO, Yoko
War Is Over!
Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada, 1999
14 x 9 cm.
A postcard printed in conjunction with a re-mounting of the billboard as
part of the Warzones project.
$1.00
AUDIO
ONO, Yoko
Blueprint for a Sunrise
Capitol Records, Hollywood, USA, 2001
Audio CD
Ono considers her most recent CD (and first in 6 years) a musical "collage"
in that it includes new tracks, live songs and re-makes of works from 1995's
"Rising."
$18.00 #03010
(FLUXUS) NANNUCCI, Maurizio (editor)
Fluxus Anthology
Anthology Records, Italy, 1995
Audio CD
Includes contributions by La Monte Young, Ben Vautier, Robert Filliou,
Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, Dick Higgins, Ken
Friedman, Nam June Paik and many others. Ono's contribution is "Toilette
piece" from 1971.
$70.00 #00430
ONO, Yoko
Fly
Capitol Records, Canada, 1971
2 LP set with gatefold
One of Ono's most influential recordings. Tracks include the Elvis parody
"Midsummer New York", "Mindtrain" (the only non-Rising track performed on
the Rising Tour), the studio version of "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only
Looking For Her Hand in the Snow)", "Mrs Lennon", "Airmale" (the soundtrack
from Lennon's film Erection) and "Fly" (the soundtrack from the Ono film of
the same name, in which the camera traces the movement of a fly across the
body of a naked woman). Cover design and gatefold collage by George
Maciunas. Fluxus sound artist Joe Jones contributes self-playing
instruments. Includes poster.
$150.00
PLASTIC ONO BAND
Give Peace a Chance/ Remember Love
Apple Records, UK, no date
7" 45 rpm single
As part of a long-standing agreement Lennon credited "Give Peace A Chance"
to Lennon/McCartney despite the fact that McCartney had nothing to do with
it's composition or recording, and should have been co-credited to Ono. It
was performed live to tape in Room 1742 of Hotel La Reine Elizabeth in
Montreal, during their Bed-In Protests for Peace. The b-side is Ono's sweet
"Remember Love." In printed black Apple sleeve (some wear to sleeve, record
plays fine).
$15.00
ONO, Yoko
Hell In Paradise
Polygram Records, New York, USA, 1985
12" EP
Three versions of the single from "Starpeace" - the single edit, the Club
Version (6:52) and the Dub Version (8:25). Rare.
$20.00
ONO, Yoko
It's Allright (I See Rainbows)
Polygram Records, New York, USA, 1982
12" LP
Includes "Lonliness", "My Man", "Never Say Goodbye" and others.
$15.00
ONO, Yoko
Listen the Snow is Falling
Self-published, New York, USA, 1995
CD single for promotional use and sent as an Xmas card by Ono. Front cover
image from Lighting Piece ("Light a match and watch it till it goes out."
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
My Man/Let The Tears Dry
Polygram, USA, 1982
7" 45 rpm single.
The lead-off single from 1982's "It's Allright." In picture sleeve with
lyrics on the verso. (some wear to sleeve, record plays fine).
$15.00
ONO, Yoko
Never Say GoodBye
Polygram Records, New York, USA, 1982
12" EP
A promotional only remix of "Never Say Goodbye", b/w a remix of
"Loneliness". Scarce.
$20.00
MOORE, Thurston
Ono Soul
A rare promotional only copy of the single "Ono Soul" by the Sonic Youth
guitarist and vocalist, in which he admonishes the Alterna-generation to
"Bow down to the queen of noise". The front and back cover contain still
images from Ono's film "Fly". Sonic Youth have also performed Ono
compositions and Moore re-mixed the title track from "Rising Re-mixes".
$30.00
ONO, Yoko/ORANGE FACTORY
Open Your Box
Mind Train Records, New York, USA, 2001
12" vinyl in printed sleeve
Originally recorded as a b-side to John Lennon's "Power To The People"
single from 1971, the song has been given the Circuit Party treatment by
Orange Factory.
$20.00 #02972
ONO, Yoko/IMA
Rising
Capitol Records
Ono's first release of new material since "Starpeace", a decade prior, was
recorded with Ima, Sean Ono Lennon's band. An album strong enough to rival
her best seventies recordings such as Plastic Ono Band and Fly.
$20.00 #c00511
ONO, Yoko/IMA
Rising Remixes
Capitol Records
Tracks from "Rising", remixed by Ween, Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth),
Tricky, The Beastie Boys and Cibo Matto. Includes a new composition and a
CDROM component.
$15.00
JOHN & YOKO/Plastic Ono Band (with Elephants Memory plus invisible strings)
Some Time In New York City
Capitol/EMI, Mississauga, Canada, 1972
12" 2 LP set
Lennon and Ono's most overtly political album includes four solo numbers by
Ono, three by Lennon, 6 co-authored tracks and a cover of Walter Wards "Well
(Baby Please Don't Go)". The studio LP was produced with Phil Spector, and
the Live Jam includes Frank Zappa. Printed gatefold mimics a newspaper with
full reprints of all lyrics and a doctored photo of Richard Nixon dancing
naked with Chairman Mao. Printed inner sleeves include drawings, credits and
a mock recruitment poster for the British Army.
$60.00
ONO, Yoko
Starpeace
Rykodisc, Salem, USA, 1997
Audio CD
A re-issue of Ono's release from 1985 (her final recording for a decade).
Produced by Bill Laswell (who has worked with Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno,
William Burroughs, as well as pop stars Peter Gabriel and Mick Jagger) The
record anticipates the worldbeat dance movement that exploded a few years
later.
$20.00 #c00504
ONO, Yoko/LENNON, John
Touch Me
Apple Records, UK, no date
7" 45 rpm single
The B-side to Lennon's "Power To The People" single. In printed black Apple
sleeve (some wear to sleeve, record plays fine).
$15.00
LENNON, John/ONO, Yoko
Unfinished Music No.2: Life With the Lions
Zapple Records, Japan, 1969
LP
Rare Japanese version with insert including lyrics to No Bed For Beatle
John - a song comprised of press clippings Yoko sings about Lennon's
attempts to be near her during her miscarriage. When she was rushed to
hospital he joined her 24 hours a day, by sleeping in the bed next to hers.
When it was required for a patient, he camped out next to her bed in a
sleeping bag. Before she miscarried, the couple brought in tape recorders
and recorded it's final heartbeats, which appear on side two.
$125.00
ONO, Yoko
Walking On Thin Ice Compilation
Rykodisc, Salem, USA, 1992
70 minutes of highlights from the now-out-print Onobox. Includes "Walking on
Thin Ice", "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss", "Midsummer New York", and 16 others.
$20.00 CD #c00510
$10.00 audiocassette #c00512
ONO, Yoko
Walking On Thin Ice
Geffen Records, 1981
7" 45 rpm single
The single that John and Yoko were working the day that he was shot. Picture
sleeve includes a poignant letter from Ono regarding the difficult
circumstances surrounding it's release.
$20.00
ONO, Yoko
Woman Power/Men Men Men
Apple Records, UK, 1973
7" 45 rpm single
A rare solo single from Ono, both tracks from her self-produced "Feeling The
Space" LP. This version released in the US only. In printed black Apple
sleeve (some very minor wear to sleeve, record plays fine).
$25.00
ONO, Yoko
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Apple Records, New York, 1971
12" LP
Ono's solo debut, released as a companion to the Lennon album of the same
name. Featuring performances by Lennon, Ringo Starr, Ornette Coleman and
others. Includes "Why", "Why Not", "AOS", "Will You Touch Me?" and others.
$75.00
VIDEO
LENNON, John/ONO, Yoko
John and Yoko: The Bed-In (All We Are Saying Is Give Peace A Chance)
Capitol Records, Mississauga, Canada, 1990
Filmed in 1969 during the Bed-In for peace, this 74-minute film, directed by
Lennon and Ono, documents the couple's press conference held from the bed of
room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. It features John and
Yoko in conversation with Timothy Leary, Tommy Smothers, Murray the K and
the obnoxious right-wing cartoonist Al Capp. The film culminates in the
classic live bedroom recording of "Give Peace A Chance."
$25.00 VHS #c00514
LENNON, John/PLASTIC ONO BAND
Live Rock & Roll Revival, Toronto
HBO Video, 1988
56 min VHS
Lennon and Ono were invited, in 1969 (before the demise of the Beatles) to
attend the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival concert, as guests. Only interested
in coming if they could also perform, they were immediately offered the top
of the bill. With a band that was thrown together in a day (featuring Eric
Clapton, Alan White and Klaus Voorman) and who rehearsed on the plane trip
to Toronto, Lennon took the stage and played three classics, a lone Beatles
number and two solo singles. He then announced ".and now Yoko's gonna do her
thing.all over you". Ono, who spent much of the previous set in a canvas bag
at Lennon's feet, performed two long pieces "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only
Looking For Her Hand in The Snow)" and "John, John (Let's Hope For Peace)".
The former deals with her young daughter who had been kidnapped by her
previous husband Tony Cox. The song ranks as one of her best performances
and is far superior to the studio version. The video also includes a single
song from Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
Filmed by D.A.Pennebaker (who shot the famous Dylan bio "Don't Look Back.")
Out of print and rare.
$30.00
BOOKS
(FLUXUS) YOUNG, La Monte (editor)
An Anthology
La Monte Young and Jackson MacLow, New York, USA, 1970
Unpaginated, 21 x 23 x 1 xm., paper
The second edition of the hugely influential pre-Fluxus collection of
scores. Designed by George Maciunas. Includes contributions from George
Brecht, John Cage, Dick Higgins, Ray Johnson, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Terry
Riley, Emmett Williams and many others. This publication came out of a
series of performances organized by La Monte Young and Ono, held in her loft
apartment.
$600.00 #02328
(ONO, Yoko/LENNON, John) SHEFF, David
All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
St. Martin's Griffin, New York, USA, 2000
236 pp., 21 x 14 cm., paper
Previously issued as The Playboy Interviews With John Lennon and Yoko Ono,
this first St Martin's Griffin edition includes a new introduction by David
Sheff and Yoko Ono.
$18.00
(ONO, Yoko/LENNON, John) The Editors of Rolling Stone
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Dolphin/Doubleday, Garden City, USA, 1982
320 pp., 23 x 15 x 2 cm. Paper
A collection of essays and articles from the writers of Rolling Stone
Magazine. Unlike most "John and Yoko" biographies, this collection
prominently features Yoko's work, most notably Jonathan Cott's piece "Yoko
Ono and Her 16 track Voice".
Includes photographs by Annie Leibovitz.
$20.00 #c00503
ONO, Yoko
The Blue Room Event
Gallery Inform/Gallery 360°, Japan, 1996
16 pp., 15 x 12.5 cm, paper
16 bound hand-written Japanese postcards, with English translation on the
verso.
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
Grapefruit.
Simon and Schuster, New York, USA, 1970/2000
Originally self-published in 1964 in a very small edition (virtually
impossible to attain), Grapefruit is quintessential Ono, a seminal Fluxus
publication and a classic artists' book. Divided into 6 parts (music,
painting, event, poetry, object, and film) most entries consist of
instructions for the reader to complete in his or her mind. Along with
George Brecht's Wateryam, this publication helped define the Event Score,
one of the Fluxus movements' greatest legacies. Lennon's classic Imagine was
also inspired by the many pieces that begin "Imagine.." (The 1970 copy has
some not insignificant wear on the cover and the previous owners inscription
inside, otherwise fine. The 2000 reprint is a handsome facsimile, with a new
introduction by Ono. )
$100.00 #02118
$27.00 reprint #02948
ONO, Yoko/ILES, Chrissie
Have You Seen The Horizon Lately?
Museum of Modern Art of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1998
168 pp., 13.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm, paper
A well-illustrated catalogue for the touring exhibition of the same name.
Includes a lengthy essay by Iles and many texts and photographs by Ono.
Documents work from 1960 to 1997.
$30.00 #02921
ONO, Yoko
Map Piece
Walker Art Center, USA, 2001
Unpaginated, 14.5 x 11 x 1 cm., spiral-bound
A blank notebook with a clear cover that reads "Map Piece 2001. Draw
imaginary maps of your dreams".
$20.00 #02917
ONO, Yoko
Mindscapes
Randers Kunstmuseum, Rangers, Germany, 1996
12 pp., newspaper
Tabloid style exhibition catalogue with the essay "Mindscapes" appearing in
German. Documenting (many in large colour photographs) Yoko's early nineties
installation work - bloody images of domestic violence. Also included are
two pages of images of the Franklin Summer series - strangely erotic
pointillism drawings.
$25.00
ONO, YOKO
Museum Of Modern [F]art
Self-published, New York, USA, 1971
Unpaginated, 30 x 30 cm., staple bound
In 1971, Ono staged an imaginary exhibition titled Museum of Modern [F]Art.
It was advertised as "Yoko Ono--one woman show" in the Village Voice, with a
one-page spread that included run dates, a phone number for information, and
an order form for this catalogue. The "exhibition" consisted of a man with a
sandwich board and a large bottle containing Yoko's weight in perfumed
flies. The catalogue documents the travels of the conceptual flies. The MOMA
had no prior knowledge of the exhibition and after countless inquires at the
front desk they clipped the newspaper ad, scrawled "This Is Not Here" across
it and posted it on their window. This confused matters even more as an Ono
exhibition the year before had been titled "This Is Not Here."
$315.00
ONO, Yoko
Yes Yoko Ono
Japan Society, and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, USA, 2000
352 pp, 30 x 26 x 3, cloth
A fantastic overview of Ono's work, for the travelling exhibition which
began at the Japan Foundation in New York and is currently showing at the
AGO. With color and b&w illustrations. Anthology, chronology, bibliography &
index. Includes a four song, 24 minute CD of all new music created
exclusively by Ono, using Powertools software. This CD is titled "Blueprint
For A Sunrise", but contains entirely different tracks from the Capitol
release. This is, reportedly, the first comprehensive monograph published on
any Asian artist.
$90.00 #02183
(ONO, Yoko) HENDRICKS, Jon (editor)
YOKO ONO: Instructions For Paintings May 24, 1962
Galeria 56, Budapest, 1993
Unpaginated, 20 x 20 x .4 cm, paper
Three years before Joseph Kosuth exhibited his hammer piece, which is
so-often considered the first "conceptual artwork", Ono exhibited
Instructions for Paintings at the AG gallery, co-owned by Fluxus pope George
Maciunas.
$65.00
ONO, Yoko
Instruction Paintings
Weatherhill, New York, USA, 1995
64pp., 19.5 x 18.5 x 2, cloth with slipcase
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
Paintings and Drawings July 17 - 30, 1961
56 Galeria, Budapest, 1993
28 pp., 20 x 20 cm, paper
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko/IIMURA, Takahiko
Yoko Ono: Portrait, Event and Works
15 x 10.5 x 1cm, 1992
A small overview of Ono's work, with text in Japanese.
$50.00 #02146
MAGAZINES
(Ono, Yoko) Graustark, Barbara
'Ono Remembers'...from Rolling Stone Magazine, October, 1, 1981
Rolling Stone, New York, USA, 1981
32 x 27 cm, staple-bound
Titled after John Lennon's famous confessional interview in Rolling Stone a
decade prior, this is Ono's first major interview after Lennon's death.
Published in issue no 353 which includes items about Liberace, Norman Lear,
Santana, etc. Cover photo of Yoko by Annie Leibowitz.
$10.00
(ONO, Yoko) (JOY PRESS)
Yoko Ono A Life In Flux (Wire Magazine Cover story)
Wire Magazine, Issue 146, April 1996
28 x 23 cm., paper
Joy Press interviews Ono about early Fluxus events thru to the Rising
sessions with son Sean.
$10.00
POSTERS
(FLUXUS)
Fluxus: Selections from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, 1988
57 x 37 cm
Exhibition poster from the Fluxus retrospective at the MOMA in 1988. Collage
by Ono using a photograph of her (unauthorized) 1971 MOMA exhibition event,
where she paced back and forth infront of the Museum of Modern art sign
with a white bag that reads F.
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
Painting To Be Stepped On
San Mateo County Expo Center, San Mateo, USA, 1994
14 x 9.5 cm
Offset poster from a stamp art exhibition realized by Picasso Gaglione &
Friends.
Not for sale
ONO, Yoko
Revelations Poster
Louisville, Kentucky: The Literary Renaissance. 1994
43 x 28 cm
#80 of the Heaven Poster series is a photograph of Ono and the Revelations
text, a constantly evolving prayer-like piece, heard most recently as the
closing track on the Rising record.
$20.00 #02993
*Sari Gurney*
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