Widewalls | Yoko Ono - A Groundbreaking Artist, Activist and Fighter:
Quote: "The simplicity of her work may have been derided for years, but it is exactly that which makes it greatly accessible."
Response: Even though Yoko Ono's artwork was looked down upon for years, that style that she used is what brought her to her success. Her artwork and activism would draw attention to her audience.
Quote: "Even at her early age, her work was considered as too radical by many, so it did not receive much recognition and acceptance."
Response: I find it interesting how Yoko Ono's early work did not receive much recognition, considering the success she would find later in her career. This really shows that you should trust your own work and don't let the critics try to control you and your work.
Hispanic Executive | Interview with Shaun Leonardo - Performance, Pedagogy, and Philosophy:
Quote: "However, it was in the mentality of striving for the best that I was also taught that success meant economic stability and mobility."
Response: Success being referred to as economic stability and mobility is something I haven't heard of before. When they say economic, are they referring to the success of a place as a whole rather than an individual's own success?
Quote: "Somehow, I [don’t] recall ever being dissuaded [by the fact] that those “masters” were all dead white men. I found myself seeing these “great artworks” and believing I could achieve that."
Response: I like how he doesn't look at who the artists were and their ethnicity, but rather looks at their artwork and believes that he could create something like they did.
Performance art relates to the artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted. Yoko Ono displays performance art in her artwork "Cut Piece," which addresses societal pressures on women to remain passive. Shaun Leonardo's performance art, "El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man: The Steel Cage Match," addresses the struggle against physical and metaphorical invisibility in society.
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