By Kamie Cooper: A Stoke-on-Trent artist has recreated John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous ‘bed in’ as part of his new art installation Everywhere is Christmas.
Beatles fan Gary Marsh has used a double bed at the Artwaves Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent to allow visitors to create their own protest as the couple did in 1969.
The ‘bed in’ was held during the couple’s honeymoon in Amsterdam to promote world peace.
Mr Marsh said: “We want everyone to enjoy the exhibition and this gives them an opportunity to get involved and write down where they would have their bed in and how they could help the world.”
His collection covering more than 30 years of Beatles history has also gone on display at the gallery.
The exhibition coincides with events commemorating the death of John Lennon, who was shot dead in New York in December 1980.
One room of the gallery is a tribute to the life of Lennon, while a second room shows the success of the Beatles.
Items include limited edition prints of Lennon’s famous erotic lithographs.
Beatles memorabilia, featuring blankets, mugs and pottery items will be on sale, including the Beatles limited edition Monopoly set.
The exhibition will run until December 18 at the Burslem gallery. Admission is free and due to the nature of some of the material it will be adults only.
Beatles fan Gary Marsh has used a double bed at the Artwaves Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent to allow visitors to create their own protest as the couple did in 1969.The ‘bed in’ was held during the couple’s honeymoon in Amsterdam to promote world peace.
Mr Marsh said: “We want everyone to enjoy the exhibition and this gives them an opportunity to get involved and write down where they would have their bed in and how they could help the world.”
His collection covering more than 30 years of Beatles history has also gone on display at the gallery.
The exhibition coincides with events commemorating the death of John Lennon, who was shot dead in New York in December 1980.
One room of the gallery is a tribute to the life of Lennon, while a second room shows the success of the Beatles.
Items include limited edition prints of Lennon’s famous erotic lithographs.Beatles memorabilia, featuring blankets, mugs and pottery items will be on sale, including the Beatles limited edition Monopoly set.
The exhibition will run until December 18 at the Burslem gallery. Admission is free and due to the nature of some of the material it will be adults only.
