Date Painting, 9 August, 1968.
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Title |
Date Painting, 9 August, 1968. |
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Alternative Title |
9 Ago 68. |
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Creator |
Kawara, On (Japanese conceptual artist, born 1933, active in the United States) |
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Date |
1968-08-09 |
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Cultural Context |
American
North American |
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Style/Period |
Conceptual |
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Subject |
Lettering (Layout features)
Numerals
Polka dots |
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Description |
"Each of On Kawara's Date Paintings is individualized to some degree. Typefaces vary, as do the colors. They are always horizontal in format but each one corresponds to one of eight predetermined sizes." (Caption, p.178); "Much as Conceptualists railed against […] assimilation, they were curiously attracted to bureaucratic language. The redundant aesthetic formulas of Modernism were transformed into a babble of systems and statistics. On 4 January 1966, for instance, the Japanese-born On Kawara started to produce 'date paintings' on an almost daily basis. As tokens of his continuing existence they took the day's date as their subject-matter. He also produced a ten-volume book which listed one million years counting back from 1971, the year it was produced." (Excerpt, p.178) |
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Material |
Liquitex on canvas
Liquitex
Acrylic paint
Paint
Canvas |
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Measurements |
20.5 x 25.5 cm |
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Technique |
Painting (image-making) |
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Inscription |
The text reads: 9 AGO.68 |
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Work Type |
Paintings
Acrylic paintings
Conceptual art |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.178, fig.91) |
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Rights |
Photo Rudolf Nagel. Reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. (1990/2) |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 826-02.jpg |
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