BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3340@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180518 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20191104 DTSTAMP:20190128T114759Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/museum-of-liverpool-double-fanta sy-john-yoko/ SUMMARY:Museum Of Liverpool: Museum of Liverpool: Double Fantasy - John & Y oko DESCRIPTION:World first: Liverpool to host exhibition of John and Yoko’s story in their own words\n\n“After all is really said and done\, The two of us are really one” John Lennon\n\n“A dream you dream alone is onl y a dream. A dream we dream together is reality.”  Yoko Ono\n\nAnnounc ed on 20 March - the 49th wedding anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon -  from May 2018\, the Museum of Liverpool will show a ground-bre aking exhibition\, exploring the personal and creative chemistry of this iconic couple and their ongoing Imagine Peace campaign.\n\nDouble Fanta sy - John &\; Yoko\, at Museum of Liverpool from 18 May 2018 to 22 Ap ril 2019\, is a free exhibition\, celebrating the meeting of two of the wo rld’s most creative artists who expressed their deep and powerful love f or one another through their art\, music and film. They used their fame an d influence to campaign for peace and human rights across the world\, tra nsforming not only their own lives\, but art\, music and activism forever. \n\nFeaturing personal objects alongside art\, music and film produced by John and Yoko\, the exhibition is drawn from Yoko’s own private collecti on\, some of which has never been displayed.\n\nYoko Ono Lennon said: "I am so happy and grateful that we are having our Double Fantasy -John & \; Yoko show in Liverpool.\n\n“This is where John was born and I know J ohn would be very happy too.\n\n“We were a very simple couple just lovin g each other every day and I just wanted to show the simple truth of us.\n \n“In our personal life we were pretty simple people\, and we made all s orts of things with love for each other. Everything was made out of love. \n\n“We found that we were both very strongly interested in world peace. I feel John and I are still working together. I always feel his warmth ne xt to me."\n\nTaking a chronological journey\, the exhibition starts with two unique individuals - a leading figure in the avant-garde art world an d a global rock ‘n’ roll star. From a tender first meeting at Indica Gallery in London\, it was 18 months later that the album\, Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins was issued. What followed was breathtaking in i ts rapidity and productivity until John’s tragic and untimely death on 8 Dec 1980.\n\nThrough interviews\, quotes and lyrics\, the story of their personal and creative relationship along with their political activism and peace campaigning\, will be told in their own words for the very first ti me.\n\nFrom the intimate to the iconic\, the exhibition brings together un missable objects and artworks including:\n\n Hand-written lyrics by John Lennon\, including In My Life\, Give Peace a Chance\, Happy Xmas (War is Over) and Woman.\n Grapefruit –Yoko’s artist book\, which she gav e to John as a gift in 1966. Published in 1964\, the book represents a sem inal piece of conceptual art and was a direct influence on the lyrics and ideas behind Imagine.\n Original artwork by both\, including Yoko’s C eiling Painting/Yes Painting\, Painting to Hammer A Nail and Apple\, a s well as The Daily Howl\, a hand-made book by John from his childhood an d numerous examples of his distinctive line drawings. The exhibition also features conceptual work the couple produced together\, such as War is Ov er\, Plastic Ono Band\, and elements of their first collaboration Acorn Peace.\n Many personal items\, such as John’s wire-rimmed glasses\, Yo ko’s large Porsche sunglasses\, iconic items of clothing\, such as John ’s New York City t-shirt\, and items from their wedding outfits.\n An e xtremely rare Sardonyx guitar used by John on the album\, Double Fantasy\ , and the acoustic Gibson guitar\, illustrated on by John\, from their 19 69 Bed-Ins.\n John’s hard-won Green Card.\n Items from the couple’s famous 1969 Bed-Ins in Amsterdam and Montreal.\n A rolling programme of t he films that John and Yoko created\, and music videos made under Yoko’s supervision. A music room\, overlooking the Mersey with the couple’s al bums played for visitors will feature album cover art.\n A recreation of the Imagine mosaic circle in Strawberry Fields\, Central Park\, New York . An intimate and contemplative space\, it will also reflect on the global impact of John’s death.\n\nSharon Granville\, Director of the Exhibitio n for National Museums Liverpool said: “We have worked closely with Yoko and her team for several years to tell an intimate story of the couple’ s relationship and work\, using her and John’s words wherever it was pos sible. Setting this against a backdrop of the volatile late 1960s – Viet nam War\, civil rights protests and social unrest and revolution across Eu rope and the USA - reveals just how creatively and bravely the couple harn essed their fame and influence to express their radical ideas\, challenge preconceptions of the role of artists in society and promote universal the mes of peace\, love and equality\, which continue to have strong resonance and importance today.”\n\nLiverpool remained with John throughout his l ife. Testament to this is Yoko’s own longstanding connection to the city and her decision to have this incredibly personal exhibition celebrating their life and work at the Museum of Liverpool.\n\nDouble Fantasy - John & amp\; Yoko is a major part of Liverpool’s celebration of its 10th anni versary as European Capital of Culture. 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