biografia di On KAWARA (1932-2014)

Personal data


Birth : 1932 - Kariya Aichi, Chubu, Japan
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan - United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1970:He has exhibited widely in Europe and later all around the world.
1965:Settled in New York NY, USA.
1959:Lives and works in Mexico city, Mexico.


Prizes

1992

1992 : Kunstpreis Aachen – Aachen, Germany

1991

1991 : Carnegie Prize – Pittsburgh PA, United States
Awarded by : Carnegie Museum of Art – 4400 Forbes Avenue – Pittsburgh PA, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Acrylic/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object
Photography :

Movements and styles

Conceptual Art

Works

One Million (Future) Years for the Last One
Date of creation : 1980-1992
Medium : Object
Size : 29 x 24 x 8 cm
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 1980
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
 
Sept. 26, 1978
Date of creation : 1978
Medium : Assemblage
Size : 21 x 26 cm
 
I Got Up At
Date of creation : 1974-1975
Medium : Installation
Size : 3 x 5 inch
 
Date Paintings
Date of creation : 1965
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
 
Vietnam
Date of creation : 1965
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
 
Thanatophanies
Date of creation : 1955
Medium : Photograph
Subject : portrait
 
Bathroom
Date of creation : 1953-1954
Medium : Photograph
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2005

Collège de France – Paris, France
2005 – 06/25/2005

Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Antwerp, Belgium
2005 – 04/23/2005

2002

Ikon Gallery – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
11/20/2002 – 01/05/2003

1977

MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1977

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany

2003

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Schönewald Fine Arts – Xanten, Germany

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : David Zwirner, Inc – 525 West 19th str. – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France


Group exhibitions

2006

Message personnel
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
03/18/2006 – 04/22/2006

2003

Le Manuscript trouvé dans une bouteille
CRAC Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Alsace – Altkirch, France
01/2003 – 03/2003

Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004

2002

Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003

Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002

Sens giratoire
Passages Centre d’Art Contemporain – Troyes, France
06/06/2002 – 08/23/2002

P_A_U_S_E – Kwangju Biennale, n°4
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2002 – 06/29/2002

Zwischenzeit
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/11/2002 – 09/01/2002

2001

Au fur et à mesure, une collection, un point de vue
Espace de l’Art Concret – Mouans-Sartoux, France
12/01/2001 – 03/03/2002

EGOFUGAL : Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence – 7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/22/2001 – 11/17/2001

1999

Les Coups
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bourgogne – Dijon, France
11/20/1999 – 12/30/1999

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2003

Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113

2001

Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373

2000

Collection Lambert en Avignon – Beaux-Arts Collection
Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2842783492


Exhibition catalogues

2001

7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
2001
ISBN : 9757383227

1991

Date Paintings in 89 cities
Publisher: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Museumpark 18-20 – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Author: Rorimer Anne
Author: Schampers Karel
Author: O’Connor Teresa
1991


Monographies

1992

On Kawara : Again and Against
Author: Faust Wolfgang Max – Germany
1992

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