Lennon's Bloody Clothes Become Art Exhibit

I was neutral on Ono but this is disgusting. Stop milking John Lennon's death for money.

Let The Man Be!

i would rather wear my own clothes drenched in my own blood than wear lennon's shirt that he died in that hasnt been worn since the 70s, theres something sick about the person that wins the auction

unfortunately weather or not it is art is not up to you, me, or anyone else but yoko ono.

no one but the artist can decide weather or not what they create is "art". Just like if a sculptor uses clay to form something, even if they just make a shit out of their medium, it is still a sculpture.

luckly we get to decide weather or not this is "good" art

and while i think people are getting too worked up about it (do to lennons past being much darker than people want to admit and that most people here never were alive to hear his message and more than likely dont fully live to uphold it) I will agree with anyone who says it is bad art, because its just not that creative.

but at that same rate, lets look at the facts here:
the cloths are NOT on display, they are on display inside a paper bag, from what it says no one will see the cloths, only know they are in a bag. symbolizing that they are blocked, thrownout, and done with. showing it is time to go on and live his message not his death, to say "lets spread peace" instead of "i wish he was here to help".

In my oppinion, this is not art, this is Disgusting. John Lennon was and is quite possibly the visionary the world continues to need. It's disgraceful that this would be considered art. There are other ways to honour Lennon... I've just gone red, I might cry

I love how so many seem to know the only magical golden path to respecting lennon, this is yokos way and not yours, so lay off it.

now is there a chance that this is for profitering? YES, but also know that Yoko is an avant-garde artist and some of her past stuff (well before being with lennon) was controversial and weird in nature.

also, why not TRULY remember lennon? how he fucked yoko behind his wifes back, then tryed to divorce his wife on accusations of HER cheating on him, even when no such even occured it was just his way of passing off his own shameful actions. lets remember his hideous treatment of his firstwife and his first son, lets remember those things. because history is making him look to much like a god.

this is not art

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

It's not obscene but I feel like this wasn't necessary.

We need to remind ourselves that there are very bad individuals in our society and to be alert in regards to it. In my heart and spirit I want a World of peace where humans can live in Love and prosperity. But out there the reality it is very different in many parts of the World. We still have a social system that creates and promotes crime. If we do not change this bad view of society reaching the poor and the mentally sick, these things will continue to escalate. It is time for the public and gov to go back to the drawing board.

I don't know if anyone but John and his closest of closests would know if he would do the same...and I'm 99% positive noone on this website was a very close friend of John Lennon...

but Yoko was, and it's her bloody bag so I guess it's her decision...

if I were her, I would leave that part out and put other things to remind people of John and his message...but I'm not Yoko Ono. (thank goodness)

Nothing artistic. If you bought a new york city t-shirt and some round sunglasses and splattered blood on them that might be a bit artistic. This is exploitive. Quite upsetting.

Let Memorials be based on happier moments, and artifacs relating to the persons work. Not the gory reminders of such dred.

Hi folks...Yoko, who I know personally was in tears when she presented these. She said she thought the world should know what violence does. Yoko continues and keeps alive Johns vision for world peace. She has much love for the world.
"We All Shine On"

It was just a matter of time....

I knew this had Yoko Ono all over it. She's an artist. She can't get over the death so she'll grieve in public again, and again...
Losing someone you love will always cause grief, the pain will slowly become bearable but publicly airing it again is not neccessary.
Not the bloody bag of clothing. I know what it's like to be handed a bloody bag of your loved ones clothing, it's devestating but we don't need that violence exhibited again. How about a tribute to the man? We all know he died a bloody and violent death.

I admit this is a little disturbing, but at least the decision is made by his next of kin (Yoko Ono) and not some jerk who bought the clothes on ebay.

I can live with this, I think it's the sort of shocking message John would have appreciated, making people see how fragile life is, and how little material things we own are worth.
Peace John, wherever you are.

Its alful that ono is still making money of him. how is this even art? a gutiar, piano, lyrics... this is something best suitted for an auction not a gallary. anyone intrested in seeing cloths a man died in is sick.

No one knows what John Lennon would have done, and that isn't the point. As someone who loved him and treasures his music and wisdom, I think it is disrespectful and tacky of Yoko Ono to do this.

Although I think this is in really bad taste, I agree with jacijacijaci that it's something John would probably have done.

If you want to respect the Lennon the legend, you listen to his music, not his bloody shirt.

Yoko Ono needs a slap.

What a load of dicks.

I can barely handle this...
I can remember when Sgt. Peppers came out... Four of us got stoned and listened to it for the first time and we were all totally blown away... We were speechless...
When Lennon died something in me died too...
I am aghast that his bloody clothes are on display...

John Lennon said,

"Instant karmas gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon youre gonna be dead
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love

What on earth you tryin to do
Its up to you, yeah you

Instant karmas gonna get you
Gonna look you right in the face
Better get yourself together darlin
Join the human race
How in the world you gonna see
Laughin at fools like me
Who in the hell dyou think you are
A super star
Well, right you are

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Evryone come on

Instant karmas gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Evryone you meet
Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on earth are you there
When youre evrywhere
Come and get your share

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Come on and on and on on on
Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
On and on and on on and on

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun"

A working class hero is something to be.

Wrong on so many levels.

that's not art!

if that's the case, why not put the picture of rihanna's battered face in the gallery too.

a friend of mine was a rape victim, maybe her rape kit would go nicely with john's clothes.

i know it's meant to pay tribute to john, but all it does is glorify his violent end.

dumb fucking art kids. I'm a proud artist, but it is time to get the fuck out of art school and away from idiots like whoever the fuck thought of this. ugh. pretentious cokeheads...

Yoko creating this display is almost as bad as Courtney Love creating the Kurt Cobain Converse shoes.
http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/kurt-cobain-converse-custom-kicks-coming/

well it's obviously tripled the number of people who are going to go, so there's no question as to why it was done. If you asked the "artist" I'd bet on some spheel on "art becoming pornography" or some other such crud. I guess there's even "art" for Jerry Springer people.

[EDIT] oops turns out Yoko did it. I'm gonna retract in that case. She is the one person who could have a legitimate reason for doing this.

This is not anything on my list of must do. I love john lennon LET HIM BE.

"Let It Be"

"Truth is stranger than fiction, in a world of lies".

Most people on this website are way too young to have had opportunity to witness the John Lennon experience, so they really don't even have the slightest idea as to what his mindset really was like and what he actually stood for.

Lennon spoke and sang about revolution and challenged the true revolutionary spirit in all of us, as did Bob Marley.Today. That spirit is dead. This new generation has chosen security over revolution. They are not willing to suffer.They've got this "America is always right, and I'm an American" mentality, so their comments on John Lennon are not based on who Lennon was, how he lived and what he stood for. Their comments are based in reality.

Having said that, The John Lennon that I remember and followed would have done the same thing.

"Look what they've done to my song".

oh man, when i was 16 i bought that shirt just because i saw this picture... john is an icon

If Lennon had survived his attack, he probably would have done this years ago.

This is very wrong.

I'll be there this week. :)

Look at that picture at the top of this post. He's a young guy. Full health.

not sure about this one.

"Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has created the display"

figures.
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This is sad and brutal, however, we must not forget The late great Lennon just like we must not forget slavery nor the slaughtering of slaves in America.

I don't really understand the allure of seeing a bag full of bloody clothes. Surely people aren't running out of ways to honour the musician?