On Kawara
b. 1932, Japan
d. 2014
For over five decades, On Kawara (29,771 days) created paintings, drawings, books, and recordings that examined chronological time and its function as a measure of human existence. The artist began making his now signature “Date Paintings” on January 4, 1966 in New York City and continued to make them in different parts of the world until 2013.