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On Kawara (Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series)
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Japaneseborn, NewYorkbased On Kawara (b.1933) is one of the world's bestknown Conceptual artists, a major international figure since the 1960s. Kawara's existence is documented solely through his daily artmaking practice. Best known are his Date Paintings (1965ongoing), in which he methodically creates a single painting a day, with simply the date written on it.This book is a rare chance for his followers to unravel more of the mystery of this cult figure, and for less familiar readers to be introduced to his fascinating life and work. A unique feature of this book is the Tribute section, which reflects the artist's lifelong commitment never to be personally documented in his own words. A collection of short statements by 30 individuals selected personally by Kawara among them artists Lawrence Weiner and Dan Graham, and cultural theorist Homi Bhabha create an indirect 'portrait of the artist'.In the Survey, Curator Jonathan examines the artist's longstanding career: from his early figurative painting in the 1950s, to his later, textbased Conceptual art. Curator Ren Denizot analyses in his Focus a twoperson exhibition combining Kawara's work with Alberto Giacometti's, revealing both artists' shared concern for the essence of human existence. The artist's interest in the nature of consciousness is reflected in a scientific essay he has selected for his Artist's Choice from the academic Journal of Consciousness Studies. In the Artist's Writings, a series of handwritten love letters in an indecipherable code reflect the mix of the impersonal and the deeply humanistic threads that run through Kawara's art.
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