War is Over... again! Yoko Ono launches latest London exhibition with some suitably wacky artwork
- Her first show in a London public institution for more than a decade
It's been several decades since she spread the message 'War is Over' with her late husband John Lennon, but Yoko Ono has embraced it once again in her latest work.
To The Light, in the Serpentine Gallery, is her first exhibition in a London public institution for more than a decade.
In one work of art on display there are three identical mounds of earth labeled 'Country A' 'Country B' and 'Country C' in front of the classic 'War Is Over' poster she made with John Lennon.
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Work of art: A piece of work entitled 'War is Over' by Yoko Ono is displayed at the Serpentine Gallery
Personal touch: The exhibition, entitled To The Light, is the artist's first London-based exhibition in more than a decade and includes pieces featuring her late husband John Lennon
There are also suspended World War Two helmets hanging on clear wire from the ceiling and inside there are blue jigsaw puzzle pieces.
It includes new and existing installations, films and performances, as well as archive material relating to several key early works.
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There are several screens on a wall and one of six videos includes her 1968 slow-motion of John Lennon smiling.
On show: A reporter walks through a piece of work entitled 'Helmets' by Yoko Ono - the show is part of the London 2012 festival, a twelve week UK wide celebration of artists' work from across the world
Hanging art: Blue jisgsaw puzzle pieces inside one of the hanging helmets
It is part of the London 2012 Festival, a 12-week UK-wide celebration featuring internationally-renowned artists from Midsummer's Day on 21 June to the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012.
Yoko Ono has worked as an artist, film-maker, poet, musician, writer, performance artist and peace activist for over five decades.
Alongside her exhibition staged inside the Gallery, Yoko Ono has also put together a largescale participatory project, called #smilesfilm in Kensington Gardens.
Yoko Ono has worked as an artist, film-maker, poet, musician, writer, performance artist and peace activist for over five decades
Visitors from all over the world can drop in to a specially-designed photo booth installed outside the Serpentine Gallery and record their smiles.
These images will then be collected to make #smilesfilm, which will be exhibited in a physical form on a screen at the Serpentine Gallery and presented globally in digital form on a dedicated website, smilesfilm.com, and apps for iPhone and iPad.
The Gallery says: 'Ono's project at the Serpentine will tap into the transformative potential of the smile, which can change an individual's view, but also radiate out into the world. Ono associates this transmission of positive energy with healing and peace.
'People from cities and countries around the world will be able to freely upload and send their smiles by mobile phone and computer to the world and its people. Each time we add our smiles to #smilesfilm, we are creating our future, together. Give us your smile! I love you!'
Wall art: A reporter looks at a series of film installations by the Japanese artist
Small idea: A piece entitled 'A Family Album' - the art makes up part of an exhibition of the artist's work which is currently on show at the Serpentine Gallery which opens from June 19 until September 9
Piece of the past: Yoko Ono's Apple (1966) is seen amongst other pieces of the artist's work at the Serpentine Gallery in London
User generated content: Alongside her exhibition staged inside the Gallery, Yoko Ono has also put together a largescale participatory project, called #smilesfilm in Kensington Gardens.
Life of art: Born in 1933 in Tokyo, Yoko Ono ' is a pioneer of conceptual art and her work has been presented internationally in major exhibitions and performances,' according to the Gallery
Yoko Ono with her late husband John Lennon and his son Julian from his first marriage
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