Research Published on Yoko Ono's 1960s Marble Works

An article by Alexander Kusztyk titled, '"Covered with Thick Marble": Uncovering Yoko Ono's Marble Works From 1961 to 1966', has been published in Source: Notes in the History of Art.

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Abstract

Marble is among the least discussed metamorphic disappearances in Yoko Ono's artistic production from the 1960s. Not limestone recrystallized but a vanishing material notion visualized, Ono's marble hides within a series of conceptual statements, instruction pieces, and unrealized films awaiting activation through mental and physical performance. Together her works evoking marble may be seen as pivotal elements within Ono's revolutionary contribution to the dematerialization of the art object. Exploring beyond the limits of medium specificity, this article will engage with the artist's wry sense of humor and Japanese sensibilities to reveal the invisible presence of marble, tracing its immateriality through expressions of obliteration, obfuscation, and coverage.

Front cover of Source: Notes in the History of Art's volume 41, issue no. 3