Cut Piece

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conceptual artwork performance art work

Cut Piece is a pioneering 1964 performance art work by Yoko Ono in which audience members were invited to cut away pieces of her clothing, exploring themes of vulnerability, participation, and aggression.

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Cut Piece canonical 1
Cut Piece (2003 Paris performance by Yoko Ono) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artwork ⓘ
performance art work ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
creator Yoko Ono ⓘ
describedAs landmark feminist artwork ⓘ
pioneering work of performance art ⓘ
documentedIn art historical literature ⓘ
film recordings ⓘ
photographs ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Kyoto ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Japan ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1964-07-20 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Yamaichi Hall, Kyoto ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
hasLaterReperformance Cut Piece self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cut Piece (2003 Paris performance by Yoko Ono)
hasVersion Cut Piece (1974 Paris performance) ⓘ
inception 1964 ⓘ
influenced body art ⓘ
feminist performance art ⓘ
participatory art ⓘ
influencedBy Fluxus ⓘ
event scores ⓘ
instruction Audience members are invited one by one to come on stage and cut pieces from the performer’s clothing. ⓘ
Audience members may keep the pieces of clothing they cut. ⓘ
The performer remains passive and does not resist. ⓘ
The performer sits still on stage with a pair of scissors placed in front of them. ⓘ
languageOfWork nonverbal ⓘ
mainSubject aggression ⓘ
audience participation ⓘ
body politics ⓘ
gender ⓘ
violence ⓘ
voyeurism ⓘ
vulnerability ⓘ
medium instruction-based score ⓘ
live performance ⓘ
movement Fluxus-related art ⓘ
notableFeature audience members physically alter the performer’s clothing ⓘ
explores power dynamics between performer and audience ⓘ
tests limits of audience aggression and restraint ⓘ
uses the artist’s own body as material ⓘ
notablePerformanceLocation Carnegie Hall ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Paris ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
partOf Yoko Ono performance works ⓘ
performer Yoko Ono ⓘ

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Yoko Ono → notableWork → Cut Piece ⓘ
Cut Piece → hasLaterReperformance → Cut Piece self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cut Piece (2003 Paris performance by Yoko Ono)