Today would have been the 68th birthday of Beatles rocker John Lennon. While some accuse the Beatle of being an idealist and a capitalist, many wonder what Lennon would have to say about the state of our nation and relations throughout the international community. Something tells me he wouldn’t approve of the Bush administration.
Although he cannot be here with us today, we can still celebrate the birth and life of this visionary 1960’s teen heartthrob, musician and political activist.
Here’s a rundown of today’s Lennon celebratory festivities:
- “Imagine Peace” at OpenHouse in Manhattan – Lennon was an art student before he was a Beatle. Head on over to the OpenHouse Gallery in SoHo and check out over 100 pieces of his work from 1968 – 1980. The show runs through Sunday.
- Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland – Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono asks the people of Iceland to join her and many others across the rest of the world in praying for peace and stability. At 8pm, as IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is illuminated on the island of Viðey, she asks everyone to join together and let the power of light and prayer become a collective expression of the desire for peace and harmony on our planet.
- Strawberry Fields Forever! – Visit the 2.5-acre landscaped section in New York City’s Central Park that is dedicated to the memory of John Lennon. It’s named after the Lennon/McCartney song “Strawberry Fields Forever.” Duh!
If anyone knows of any other events going on around the world in remembrance of John Lennon, please share!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Under U.S. Customs regulations a “lithograph” must be “wholly executed by hand by the artist” and “excludes any mechanical and photomechanical processes.”
Under U.S. Copyright Law 106a the Right of Attribution shall not apply to a reproduction.
In other words, lithographs ie., original works of visual art created by an artist and reproductions of original works of visual art done by someone other than the artist are not interchangeable, much less the same
As an artist and creator of original lithographs, I do speak from experience and as a scholar, I can document with authority.
Unfortunately, the marketplace is dominated by those who misrepresent, with or without intent, reproductions as original works of visual art ie., lithographs, serigraphs, woodcuts, etchings and the like.
Hence the public’s misconception on what constitutes a work of visual art, much less a lithograph.
As for the so-called “Artwork of John Lennon” exhibit at the State of New York based Openhouse Gallery, the failure by Yoko Ono and Legacy Fine Art Production Inc. to disclose the posthumous black-and-white reproductions, posthumous colorized fakes and posthumous colorized altered composition fakes, at best, as reproductions violates New York Civil Code statutes 11.01 mandating disclosure of reproductions as reproductions if sold for $100 or more.
This Artwork of John Lennon exhibit sells these 50.000+ non-disclosed reproductions and fakes, to the unsuspecting public, for $500 to $9,000 or more each for a gross of well over $100 million.
The penalties, under New York Civil Code statutes 11.01 for failing to disclose reproductions as reproductions may include but limited to, refund, interest and treble damages.
If one suspends disbelief, Yoko Ono would have you believe John Lennon has created more original works of visual art in the last twenty-two years than any living artist.
How’d he do that?
To find out the obvious, link to: http://garyarseneau.blogspot.com/2006/09/artwork-of-john-lennon-fraud.html
Respectfully,
Gary Arseneau
artist, creator of original lithographs & scholar
Fernandina Beach, Florida