Yoko Ono’s post-Beatles-era career continues to flourish, and a piece of her art is headed to Pasadena this summer. Visitors will be invited to write their wishes on paper and hang them on the tree branches. The wishes from Pasadena will later be placed with others from all over the world and buried at the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland.

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Yoko Ono artwork headed to Pasadena this summer

Hate her or love her, Yoko Ono’s post-Beatles-era career continues to flourish, and a piece of her
art is headed to Pasadena this summer, the Star-News reports.

Ono, renowned for her off-beat artistic sensibilities, will choose living trees connected to the environment or history of California for her “Wish Trees” work, according to Robin Faulks, a One Colorado spokesman.

Faulks said they were “most definitely working with her” to come to the city for the installation.

“She’s very excited about this installation,” he said Wednesday. “It’s a matter of her travel schedule. We’ll arrange a reception at some time during the three months that will be timed for her arrival.”

As part of the participatory art event, also sponsored by the Armory Center for the Arts in Old Pasadena, visitors will be invited to write their wishes on paper and hang them on the tree branches.

The wishes from Pasadena will later be placed with others from all over the world and buried in
specially constructed capsules at the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island off the coast of Iceland, Ono’s tribute to her late husband.

The tower, a column of light emanating from a base with a radius of about 22 feet is lit for two months each year starting on Oct. 9, John Lennon’s birthday, and ending on Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death.

You can see the Ono exhibit (a variation on the one in the photo) at One Colorado in Old Pasadena
from Aug. 2 through Nov. 9.

–Veronique de Turenne