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John Lennon exhibit opens
at Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame
by John Affleck
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — The Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and Museum opened its most
in-depth exhibit ever on one artist Thurs
day, a tribute to John Lennon’s life and
work.
The collection is made up mostly of
items saved by Lennon’s widow, Yoko
Ono, who viewed the display Wednesday.
Except for a timeline wrapped around
one wall, the exhibit doesn’t try to tell
the life story of the man who started the
Beatles. Instead, it gives glimpses of the
many roles Lennon played: rocker, poet,
visual artist, activist, wit, husband, father
and murder victim.
“The nicest thing about John is the
fact that he was a very inspiring energy
in all different directions,” Ono said. “So
that people who are in art school will
come here and see John’s art work and
maybe be inspired by that. Songwriters,
with his lyrics. Various people will be ex
cited in different ways, and that is what
I think is exciting and beautiful.”
On display are a leather jacket Lennon
wore on the group’s early Hamburg trips,
the “Hair Peace” and “Bed Peace” signs
Ono and Lennon hung in their hotel room
during their 1970 “bed-in,” and Lennon’s
report cards.
“He has too many of the wrong am
bitions and his energy is too often mis
placed,” a headmaster warned in the sum
mer of 1956, about the time Lennon
started playing with the Quarry men, the
band that evolved into the Beatles.
- Lennon’s wit pops up throughout the
exhibit.
- As a schoolboy, Lennon wrote a mock
newspaper called the “Daily Howl,” and
some editions are on display. One has this
parody of a classified ad: “Women
needed. Preferably female.”
Later, as he and Ono crusaded for
peace in the early 1970s, Lennon wrote
an open letter to the world. “Dear World,
I think we should have peace,” the letter
says. “Why don’t we have it? I would like
it today — so would my wife.”
One floor is filled with Lennon
lyric sheets, mostly from his solo ca
reer, and his songs play continuously.
Among the other highlights are some
rarely seen Lennon collages, including
two done as tributes to Ringo Starr and
Geoige Harrison.
Ono, an artist with her own retro
spective show starting in New York, con
tributed a piece to the exhibit: a white
telephone that she will occasionally call
so she can talk with visitors.
The most painful part of the show —
timed to coincide with the 60th anniver
sary of Lennon’s birth and the 20th of his
death — confronts the visitor right at the
start of the exhibition.
There, on view through tiny glass win
dows, are the bloodstained glasses Lennon
was wearing the night he was slain in New
York by a deranged fan and a bag from the
hospital containing his clothes.
Ono said she decided to put those
items on display as a statement about gun
violence, in the hope people will try to
limit handgun sales.
“I realized the emotion I have for
these items. One part of me was thinking
’It has to be a great show,’ but the other
part of me is thinking ‘I just don’t want
this thing to leave my house,”’ she said.
“I’m thinking, probably, this is
good for me, too. It is important. John
was a very public person and he stood for
peace and he stood for music. We have to
share it with the family of the world.”
The exhibit will run until next sum
mer.
Special to The Gamecock
The newest exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the most in
depth exhibit on one artist, pays tribute to John Lennon.
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