Yoko Ono
Peace is Power Pencils
New York City, USA: Museum of Modern Art, 2019
7.25" (each pencil)
Edition size unknown
A gift-shop multiple to coincide with the MoMA's commission of Ono's Peace is Power installation last year (see below). The pencils read "Think Peace", "Act Piece", "Spread Peace", "Imagine Peace" and "Peace is Power".
"Yoko Ono wanted a space that was soothing and calming; she chose the third floor Loggia. Like a lot of her previous work, she dealt with the theme of peace, in this case her slogan "Peace is power." From the minute I went to meet her in her apartment, she said, "I know what I want to do. I want an affirmation that peace is power." We started from there and she developed a wallpaper that looks like the sky and ottomans that look like fallen clouds. The fabric she used for the furniture says "yes, yes, yes" in her handwriting. The phrase “Peace is power” repeats on the windows in 24 different languages Ono selected. It was not an easy phrase to translate because peace and power don't have the same meaning in all different cultures."
- commissioning curator Yasmil Raymond
Are the ottomans featured in this installation available somewhere for purchase?
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