On Kawara
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On Kawara (born 1933) is a Japanese conceptual artist.
He settled in New York City in 1965. He has shown in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976.
Since 1966 he has made a long series of "date paintings" (the Today series), which consist entirely of the date on which the painting was executed in simple white lettering set against a solid background. Other series of works include the I Went and I Met series of postcards sent to his friends detailing aspects of his life, another series of postcards, I Got Up At, rubber-stamped with the time he got up that morning, and a series of telegrams sent to various people bearing the message "I AM STILL ALIVE".
[edit] External links
- A piece on Kawara by Adrian Searle from the Guardian
- Start it License to practice On Kawaras individual moments.
- Artist Direct Edition #4 A postcard tribute to Kawara's "I Got Up At" series by Matthias Merkel-Hess.
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| NAME | Kawara, On |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Japanese conceptual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kariya, Aichi |
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