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On KAWARA
(1933-2014)
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Biography

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Born in Kariya, Japan, in 1932, On Kawara grew up in an intellectual community marked by a cultural and religious diversity, including Shinto, Buddhist and Christian references. He was only 13 years old when World War II ended with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which profoundly affected his early works, the Tanatophanies. In 1951, Kawara left his hometown and moved to Tokyo where he studied European philosophy, politics and psychoanalytic theory. He quickly became an important figure in the Tokyo avant-garde and decided to move to Mexico City to…
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EXHIBITIONS

Selection of solo exhibitions

2020

On Kawara and the Grande Complication, SKD, Zwinger, Dresde (18 août – 31 octobre 2021)

2018

On Kawara: One Million Years, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, Jakarta (17 novembre – 10 mars 2019)

2015

On Kawara 1966, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (29 mars – 14 juin)

On Kawara: Silence, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (6 février – 3 mai)

Selection of collective exhibitions

2022

Exposición Un Placer Incierto: Artes Del Tiempo En La Colección Pierre Huber, MAMBO, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota

Spirit Labor: Duration, Difficulty, and Affect, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscou

Mix & Match. Rediscovering The Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

2021

Still Alive ,SKD, Albertinum, Dresde

The point of sculpture, Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelone

2008

Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

MULTIMÉDIAS

Biography

Born in Kariya, Japan, in 1932, On Kawara grew up in an intellectual community marked by a cultural and religious diversity, including Shinto, Buddhist and Christian references. He was only 13 years old when World War II ended with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which profoundly affected his early…

ARTWORKS

EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2020

On Kawara and the Grande Complication, SKD, Zwinger, Dresde (18 août – 31 octobre 2021)

2018

On Kawara: One Million Years, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, Jakarta (17 novembre – 10 mars 2019)

2015

On Kawara 1966, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (29 mars – 14 juin)

On Kawara: Silence, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (6 février – 3 mai)

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collective exhibitions

2022

Exposición Un Placer Incierto: Artes Del Tiempo En La Colección Pierre Huber, MAMBO, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota

Spirit Labor: Duration, Difficulty, and Affect, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscou

Mix & Match. Rediscovering The Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

2021

Still Alive ,SKD, Albertinum, Dresde

The point of sculpture, Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelone

2008

Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

+ See more

MULTIMÉDIAS

Biography

img d artiste
Born in Kariya, Japan, in 1932, On Kawara grew up in an intellectual community marked by a cultural and religious diversity, including Shinto, Buddhist and Christian references. He was only 13 years old when World War II ended with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which profoundly affected his early works, the Tanatophanies. In 1951, Kawara left his hometown and moved to Tokyo where he studied European philosophy, politics and psychoanalytic theory. He quickly became an important figure in the Tokyo avant-garde and decided to move to Mexico City to…
on kawara-miniature

On KAWARA

...

EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2020

On Kawara and the Grande Complication, SKD, Zwinger, Dresde (18 août – 31 octobre 2021)

2018

On Kawara: One Million Years, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, Jakarta (17 novembre – 10 mars 2019)

2015

On Kawara 1966, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (29 mars – 14 juin)

On Kawara: Silence, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (6 février – 3 mai)

+ See more
Collective exhibitions

2022

Exposición Un Placer Incierto: Artes Del Tiempo En La Colección Pierre Huber, MAMBO, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota

Spirit Labor: Duration, Difficulty, and Affect, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscou

Mix & Match. Rediscovering The Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

2021

Still Alive ,SKD, Albertinum, Dresde

The point of sculpture, Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelone

2008

Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

+ See more

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