As the Chronicle‘s Andrew Dansby reports, John Lennon fans may be interested in an exhibit running this weekend at the Galleria:
John Lennon was an art student before he started his band. By the time the Beatles were making music, visual art had taken a back seat to music. According to widow Yoko Ono, he’d retreat to his art “and use it like a security blanket. Anytime he was depressed or something, I’d see him drawing something really funny.”
Boredom also proved inspirational. She said he never locked himself inside any sort of studio to draw. “He wasn’t that way. He’d do it on a plane. Or anytime we had a conference with lawyers. John could get bored easily.”
More than 100 pieces, a few of which were only recently unearthed, will be included in Come Together: The Artwork of John Lennon, a three-day exhibit at the Galleria starting Friday.
The pieces will mostly include Lennon’s iconic pen and ink drawings, sometimes with dappled spots of color; “minimalist,” Ono, 74, calls them.
The Chron sidebar has more information on hours and such.
