Editing John Lennon (section)

==Art==
In 1967, Lennon, who had attended art school, funded and anonymously participated in Ono's art exhibition [[Half-A-Room]] that was held at [[Lisson Gallery]]. Following his collaborating with Ono in the form of The [[Plastic Ono Band]] that began in 1968, Lennon became involved with the [[Fluxus]] art movement. In the summer of 1968, Lennon began showing his painting and [[conceptual art]] at his You Are Here art exhibition held at [[Robert Fraser (art dealer)|Robert Fraser]] Gallery in London.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/01/john-lennon-yoko-ono-launch-art-exhibition-you-are-here/ |title=John Lennon and Yoko Ono launch art exhibition You Are Here |date=30 June 2018 |website=The Beatles Bible|access-date=19 February 2022|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219080240/https://www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/01/john-lennon-yoko-ono-launch-art-exhibition-you-are-here/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show, that was dedicated to Ono, included a six foot in diameter round white [[monochrome painting]] called ''You Are Here'' (1968). Besides the white [[monochrome]] paint, its surface contained only the tiny hand written inscription "you are here". This painting, and the show in general, was conceived as a response to Ono's conceptual art piece ''This is Not Here'' (1966) that was part of her Fluxus installation of wall text pieces called ''Blue Room Event'' (1966). ''Blue Room Event'' consisted of sentences that Ono wrote directly on her white New York apartment walls and ceiling. Lennon's You Are Here show also included sixty charity collection boxes, a pair of Lennon's shoes with a sign that read "I take my shoes off to you", a [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|ready made]] black bike (an apparent homage to [[Marcel Duchamp]] and his 1917 [[Bicycle Wheel]]), an overturned white hat labeled ''For The Artist'', and a large glass jar full of free-to-take ''you are here'' white [[pin]] [[badge]]s.<ref>''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, pp. 196-199</ref> A hidden camera secretly filmed the public reaction to the show.<ref>''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, pp. 202-203</ref> For the 1 July opening, Lennon, dressed all in white (as was Ono), released 365 white balloons into the city sky. Each ballon had attached to it a small paper card to be mailed back to Lennon at the Robert Fraser Gallery at 69 [[Duke Street, St James's|Duke Street]], with the finder's comments.<ref>''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, pp. 200-201</ref>

After moving to New York City, from 18 April to 12 June 1970, Lennon and Ono presented a series of [[Fluxus]] conceptual art events and concerts at [[Joe Jones (Fluxus musician)|Joe Jones]]'s Tone Deaf Music Store called ''GRAPEFRUIT FLUXBANQUET''. Performances included ''Come Impersonating John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Grapefruit Banquet'' and ''Portrait of John Lennon as a Young Cloud by Yoko + Everybody''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?inventory_id=23254&object_id=19915&page=5&search=George%20Maciunas&sort=pubdate&search_type=basic&pobject_status=All&options=artist |title=Joint Yoko Ono, John Lennon, & Fluxgroup Project / Press Release -- April 1, 1970 |access-date=15 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121071320/https://specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?inventory_id=23254&object_id=19915&page=5&search=George%20Maciunas&sort=pubdate&search_type=basic&pobject_status=All&options=artist |url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, Lennon also made ''The Complete Yoko Ono Word Poem Game'' (1970): a conceptual art poem [[collage]] that utilized the [[cut-up technique|cut-up]] (or ''découpé'') [[aleatory]] technique typical of the work of [[John Cage]] and many Fluxus artists. The cut-up technique can be traced to at least the [[Dada]]ists of the 1920s, but was popularized in the early 1960s by writer [[William S. Burroughs]]. For ''The Complete Yoko Ono Word Poem Game'', Lennon took the portrait photo of himself that was included in the packaging of the 1968 ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' LP (aka ''The White Album'') and cut it into 134 small rectangles. A single word was written on the back of each fragment, to be read in any order. The portrait image was meant to be reassembled in any order. ''The Complete Yoko Ono Word Poem Game'' was presented by Lennon to Ono on 28 July in an inscribed envelope for her to randomly assemble and reassemble at will.<ref>''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, pp. 212-213</ref>

Lennon made whimsical drawings and fine art prints on occasion until the end of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/john-lennon-drawings-go-on-show-in-new-york-8193722.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220613/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/john-lennon-drawings-go-on-show-in-new-york-8193722.html |archive-date=13 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=John Lennon drawings go on show in New York |date=2 October 2012 |website=The Independent}}</ref> For example, he drew a 1968 comic for the macrobiotic magazine ''Harmony'' and one printed inside the sleeve of his ''[[Wedding Album]]'' (1969).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lennon_john.htm|title=John Lennon|website=lambiek.net|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> Lennon exhibited at Eugene Schuster's London Arts Gallery his ''Bag One'' [[lithograph]]s in an exhibition that included several depicting [[erotic]] imagery. The show opened on 15 January 1970 and 24 hours later it was raided by police officers who confiscated 8 of the 14 lithos on the grounds of [[indecency]]. The lithographs had been drawn by Lennon in 1969 chronicling his wedding and honeymoon with Yoko Ono and one of their [[bed-in]]s staged in the interests of world peace.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1970/01/16/john-lennon-bag-one-exhibition-raided-by-police/ |title=The Beatles Bible - John Lennon's Bag One exhibition is raided by police |date=16 January 1970 |website=The Beatles Bible|access-date=19 February 2022|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219130430/https://www.beatlesbible.com/1970/01/16/john-lennon-bag-one-exhibition-raided-by-police/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1969, Lennon appeared in the Yoko Ono Fluxus art film [[Self-Portrait (1969 film)|''Self-Portrait'']], which consisted of a single forty-minute shot of Lennon's penis.<ref>{{Cite news |last=French |first=Philip |date=4 July 2009 |title=John Lennon's rise and fall |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/05/john-lennon-yoko-ono-film |access-date=12 July 2023 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> The film was premiered at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJq0AAAAIAAJ |title=Show: The Magazine of Films and the Arts |date=January 1970 |publisher=H & R Publications |page=50|access-date=19 February 2022|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417075416/https://books.google.com/books?id=kJq0AAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Doggett2009">{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Doggett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16h6ju_-5dYC&pg=PT230 |title=The Art and Music of John Lennon |date=17 December 2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-126-4 |pages=230–|access-date=19 February 2022|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417075420/https://books.google.com/books?id=16h6ju_-5dYC&pg=PT230|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1971, Lennon made an experimental art film called [[Erection (film)|''Erection'']] that was edited on [[16 mm film]]<ref name="Cinema Project 2004">{{cite web |title=Oh Yoko: Four by Yoko Ono |url=http://cinemaproject.org/screenings/fall/2004/yoko-ono/ |website=Cinema Project|access-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309100053/http://cinemaproject.org/screenings/fall/2004/yoko-ono/|archive-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> by [[George Maciunas]], founder of the [[Fluxus]] art movement and [[avant-garde]] contemporary of Ono.<ref name="Postiar 2011">{{cite web |title=Erection (John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1971) |url=http://www.postiar.com/post/20552/erection-john-lennon-amp%3B-yoko-ono-1971.html |website=Postiar|access-date=15 October 2014|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115717/http://www.postiar.com/post/20552/erection-john-lennon-amp%3B-yoko-ono-1971.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film uses the songs "Airmale" and "You" from Ono's 1971 album ''[[Fly (Yoko Ono album)|Fly]]'', as its soundtrack.<ref name="Bloch 2004 233">{{cite book |last=Levitz |first=Tamara |chapter=Yoko Ono and the Unfinished Music of 'John & Yoko': Imagining Gender and Racial Equality in the Late 1960s|editor-last1=Bloch|editor-first1=Avital H.|editor-last2=Umansky|editor-first2=Lauri |title=Impossible to hold : women and culture in the 1960s |date=2004 |publisher=New York University Press |location=New York |isbn=0814799108 |page=233}}<!--|access-date=15 October 2014--></ref>