On Kawara American, born Japan, 1933-2014
Oct. 31, 1978 (Today Series, "Tuesday")
1978
On Kawara's '31 OCT.1978 ('Tuesday', Today Series)' is one of nearly 3,000 'date paintings' the Japanese conceptual artist produced from 1966 to his death in 2014 — each a small black canvas hand-painted with the date of its making, in the language and calendar conventions of the place the artist was then working. Each painting was stored in a custom cardboard box lined with newspaper clippings from the same day. The example at the Art Institute of Chicago typifies the rigorous discipline and temporal philosophy of Kawara's life project.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago