"All visitors at Palau de la Virreina will have the chance to share creative tasks with the artist during the exhibition Yoko Ono Impressions in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition consists of instructions, concepts, more than actual objects of art. A wish tree is located at the patio of the entrance of Palau de la Virreina, and it welcomes the visitors and serves as the introduction to the interactive nature of the exhibition. The visitors can write their thoughts and wishes down, and hang them to the branches of the wish tree. One of the key pieces in this exhibition is Mend Piece For The World: a table full of broken pieces of china, waiting to be repaired. As Yoko Ono couldn't attend the opening of the exhibition, she chose to telephone the exhibition visitors as well as the journalists at the venue on the opening day."

Yoko Ono sees art as a form of survival / El Mundo (28/09/2001)

"Yoko Ono cancelled her trip to Barcelona for security reasons because of the recent terrorist attacks in the United States, but she said that "art will now become a form of survival". As she telephoned the exhibition visitors from New York City, she commented the attacks by saying that "It's a terrible situation because it means that nothing is for certain."

For this exhibition in the Virreina Yoko Ono has created a special new piece, Mend Piece For The World, dated September 11th 2001, the day of the attacks in the United States. The new piece consists of a long table on which there are pieces of broken china and tubes of glue so that the broken china can be mended to be whole again.

Yoko Ono is one of the pioneers of conceptual art and she has created numerous performances and pieces of art. The lucky exhibition visitors will be able to speak directly with Yoko Ono on the phone until the end of the exhibition on January 6th 2002: the artist will call the phone located at the exhibition venue in the afternoons."

Jorge Artajo's thoughts about this exhibition by Yoko Ono