Artist field note

On Kawara

Existence is recorded one day at a time.

Appears inConceptual Art
Today Series by On Kawara
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Today Series

1966-2014

Each precisely painted date confirms one day while excluding every image of what occurred.

The five in one idea

Kawara made the bare facts of date, movement and encounter carry the mystery of being alive.