India will be learning experience: Yoko Ono

January 12, 2012 16:19

One of the lucky few who had a one-on-one with Yoko Ono, was of course NDTV's Barkha Dutt: "Im Asian.. a Woman.. They needed someone to blame for the break up of the Beatles, so they blamed me.' Yoko Ono in an intw to me.

Artist and musician Yoko Ono is showcasing in India a new special project that pays tribute to Indian women, in her first visit to the country after the death of late husband and Beatles' legend John Lennon.

The project comprises an exhibition titled "Our Beautiful Daughters," a series of public art projects spread over 20 venues including schools and hospitals in the city and "To India with love", a performance by the Ono who is renowned for her conceptual and live art work.

"I did not bring anything to India apart from myself. This visit will be a great learning experience... This beautiful very very grand land will teach me," said Ono in New Delhi today, a day before the unveiling of her first ever exhibition
in the country at the Vadehra Art Gallery here.

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