Ulrich: Yoko Ono in London

Art in the park...

My mum was a big Beatles fan and went to one of their concerts, when she lived in London back in the days!
I still remember my parents cool vinyl collection with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Luis Armstrong and tons of Motown music. My family love music and my parents still travel often to see great names in concert.

When I moved to New York in 1997, it was a must for me, to go see the Strawberry Fields in Central Park. This is the memorial for John Lennon, created on his favourite spot in the park with his wife Yoko Ono. She actually donated 1 million dollars for the Imagine design, and what is amazing, is that people leave flowers there every day, it really is magic to be.

Yoko Ono is now showing her art in London, in the Serpentine Gallery. I actually made it there twice this weekend, Friday with my danish friend Anne Mette for tea and scones with clotted cream and jam, and then again yesterday with family, Mik my husband and Niko our dog and the Reyes girls Nicole, Victoria, Olivia and friend Emily, who are visiting from New York.

I think what we loved the most about her exhibition, was the "smilesfilm" and wishing trees outside the entrance. There were 5 small trees placed outside, and white tags and pencils were free to write a wish and hang on the tree. It was amazing to walk around and read all the wishes that was in languages from all over the world, and some were written by children asking for a nicer dad!

Yoko Ono front cover from the catalogue, so playful!

Here is Yoko Ono talking about her art for the BBC:

I also fell in love with one of Yoko Ono's poems, which I wrote down in my note book. I just love her imagination:

Room without a window

Draw a window on the wall to remind you of the sun

to remind you of the rain that taps

to remind you of the sunset that makes you smile

to remind you of the moonlight that sneaks in your room

to remind you of the snow that covers the worlds

Yoko Ono

I took a few pictures of the out door exhibition on the other side of the gallery. This is the 12th Serpentine Gallery pavillion designed by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The pavilion is to inspire visitors to look beneath the surface of the park!