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On Kawara

On Kawara (Japanese, 1933-2014) was a Conceptual artist whose works concentrated on themes of time and states of existence. Kawara began traveling around the world in 1959, before settling in New York in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his career. He is best known for his prolific output of works that document time and place.


On Kawara Date Paintings

On Kawara, (born January 2, 1933, Kariya, Japan—died July 10?, 2014, New York City, New York, U.S.), Japanese conceptual artist noted for several series of works that test concepts of time and diaristic revelation. After graduating from high school in 1951, Kawara moved to Tokyo.


On Kawara dies at 81; artist's works addressed passage of time Los

On Kawara (河原温, Kawara On, December 24, 1932 - July 10, 2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in SoHo, New York City, from 1965. He took part in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976. Wikidata Q698256 View or edit the.


The Guggenheim Shows First On Kawara Retrospective The New York Times

On Kawara ( 河原 温, Kawara On, December 24, 1932 - July 10, 2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in SoHo, New York City, from 1965. He took part in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976. Early life Kawara was born in Kariya, Japan on December 24, 1932.


On Kawara at David Zwirner, a MillionDollar Enigma

David Zwirner High auction record (US$4.2m) Active secondary market Critically acclaimed Recent career event Artworks Auction Results About Create Alert All Filters Rarity Medium Price Range Artist Series Sort: Recommended 53 Artworks: On Kawara I WENT, 2007 michèle didier €21,000 On Kawara I Got Up at 8.08 A.M., Jun 13 1977, 1977 Larkin Erdmann


Destroyed On Kawara Paintings

About the Artist Artist On Kawara On Kawara was born in Kariya, Japan, in 1933. He died in New York City in 2014. View profile Selected Works on View On Kawara 24,698 Days (100 Years Calendar), 2000 On Kawara MAY 22, 1979, 1979


On Kawara Glenstone

It's hard to write an obituary for On Kawara , the seminal Japanese conceptual artist who passed away last week. Kawara resisted formal biography, foregoing interview requests - even when it came to our monograph. Instead the artist offered a deeper and simpler meditation on the individual's place within our era.


On Kawara obituary Art The Guardian

Biography For over five decades, On Kawara (29,771 days) created paintings, drawings, books, and recordings that examined chronological time and its function as a measure of human existence.


Arts and culture luminaries who died in 2014 BBC Culture

Japanese, 1933 — 2014 For more than fifty years, the rigorous and radical artistic practice of On Kawara has focused on his relationship with history, the passage of time and its impact on existence. His conceptual works mix in particular newspaper articles, maps and paintings, and obey each to a very specific code of conduct.


On Kawara Date Paintings Exhibitions Lisson Gallery

KEEPING TRACK was what On Kawara did best. Whether it was paintings of calendar dates or leather-bound volumes of maps and years, he elevated due diligence to high art. But while his Conceptualist contemporaries tended to vigilantly police the type and number of references in their works, Kawara named names and places in ways that made such data seem like clues to an unfathomable mystery.


Conceptual artist On Kawara, whose main motif was the passing of time

Japanese Painter and Conceptual Artist Born: December 24, 1932 - Kariya, Japan Died: July 10, 2014 - New York, NY Movements and Styles: Conceptual Art , Process Art , Post-Minimalism On Kawara Summary "I am Still Alive" Summary of On Kawara On Kawara is one of the most enigmatic of modern artists.


The Loveliness of the LongDistance Artist On Kawara, 19332014

1970 Not on view Considered the most personal and intimate of his works, I GOT UP is part of a continuous piece produced by On Kawara between 1968 and 1979 in which each day the artist sent two different friends or colleagues a picture postcard, each stamped with the exact time he arose that day and the addresses of both sender and recipient.


On Kawara, Artist Who Found Elegance in Every Day, Dies at 81 The New

On Kawara (河原 温, Kawara On, December 24, 1932 - July 10, 2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in New York City from 1965. He took part in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976. Kawara was born in Kariya, Japan on December 24, 1932. After graduating from Kariya High School in 1951, Kawara moved to Tokyo.


April 6, 2015 On Kawara — Silence

Installation views. We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history. On Kawara. One Million Years. 1999. Artist's book, two volumes. Each: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/4" (15.1 x 10.9 x 4.4 cm). Editions Micheline Szwajcer and Michèle Didier, Brussels. Jongbloed, Heerenveen, The Netherlands.


THE SINGLE ROAD On Kawara

On Kawara, the Japanese-born, New York-based conceptual artist best-known for his date paintings, has died at the age of 81. David Zwirner Gallery, which represents Kawara, confirmed the sad.


ON KAWARA LA ILUSIÓN DE DECIRLO TODO (29.771 DÍAS) Artishock Revista

On Kawara was an influential Japanese Conceptual artist. View On Kawara's 329 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available paintings, works on paper, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist.