Sitting onstage at Carnegie Hall while audience members come up to snip her clothing off with scissors. These are some of the actions taken in the name of art in “Out of Bounds: Japanese Women Artists in Fluxus” at the Japan Society, an exhibition that focuses on four revolutionary women, Shigeko Kubota, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, and one you’ve probably heard of before, Yoko Ono. Fluxus was founded in the early 1960s and paved the way for Conceptual art, Minimalism, performance and video. But by focusing on four Japanese women, the show asks: Who stands the test of time? Was Fluxus really a blueprint for the future?

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Persons: Shigeko Kubota, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Yoko Ono, John Cage, Midori Yoshimoto, Tiffany Lambert, Ayaka Iida Organizations: Carnegie Hall, Artists, Fluxus, Japan Society