Lee Henderson 'Irony Is Over (after Lennon and Ono) - 2009 - edition of 3'
Irony Is Over [after Lennon and Ono]
2009 — silkscreen - 24k gold, iron oxide, silk velvet, glass, wood - 9x10.5"
A re-phrasing of the 1960s anti-war poster by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that declared 'War Is Over If You Want It,' this work makes a bold declaration about sincerity–one so dramatically adorned and phrased that it cannot help but be suspect. The viewer is therefore nudged towards an interrogation of the very concepts of authenticity and earnestness.