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Alexandra Munroe on Yoko Ono

The Great Women Artists

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Cut Piece, a Gram Breaking Work of Art

Cut piece is a formidable an work of art. It operates on so many levels, but i think what interests me most is the feminist mention of it. The audience primarily meant right? Men in all the cities where she performed this who would come up and be the first to take this giant pair of scissors and cut her clothes off until she was virtually naked on the stage. I mean, karlie schneeman was maybe doing some work around this as well. Im kusama also. And then just in the history performance art. We're talking about women using their body in really transgressive ways to mark and display what it is to be a woman in society in the 19 s

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