“Half-a-Room” is an installation artwork created by Yoko Ono in 1967. This piece belongs to the Conceptual Art and Neo-Dada movements and is an exemplary representation of installation art.
The artwork depicts a room with various household items, each bisected and painted white on one side. The objects, including a chair, table, coat, shelf, and other everyday items, appear to be cut in half. This bisected visual element symbolizes fragmentation and incompletion, evoking a sense of duality and the essence of absence and presence. Seated at the center is an individual, adding a human element to the installation and possibly representing the intersection of life and art. The monochromatic color scheme, juxtaposed with the preserved natural state of one half of the items, accentuates the contrast and the conceptual depth intended by the artist.
