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On Kawara is a conceptual artist born in Japan in 1933. Since 1966 he has made a long series of "date paintings" (the "Today" series), which consist entirely of the date on which the painting was executed in simple white lettering set against a solid background. Other series of works include a series of postcards, "I Got Up At", rubber-stamped with the time he got up that morning, and a series of telegrams sent to various people bearing the message "I Am Still Alive".
As of 16 sep 2006 DDV is checking the obituaries in the newspaper to see if On Kawara is still alive.
He buys a copy of De Standaard newspaper and cuts out the page with the obituaries. The names of the people listed are posted on a blog, along with a picture of the newspaper page.
The newspaper page with the obituaries is pasted onto a memorial slab in the Bastard Art Gallery. Onto the page in red ink is printed "On Kawara is not Dead".
In due time, as the pages are pasted onto each other every day, the piece emerges from 2 dimensions into 3 dimensions and adding time as a 4th.
check the blog: :: onkawaraisnotdead.blogspot.com
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