{"product_id":"on-kawara-silence","title":"On Kawara — Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBecause of his recourse to language, photography and systems of information, On Kawara is often described as a key figure in the history of Conceptual art. Yet his work stands apart in its devotion to painting and its existential reach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Kawara — Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is published in conjunction with a major exhibition of Kawara's post-1964 work at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Like the exhibition itself, the structure of the book was devised in close collaboration with the late artist. The exhibition catalogue contains essays on Kawara's work by leading scholars and critics in various fields, including art history, literary studies and cultural anthropology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e It also includes substantial, authoritative descriptions of every category of his production—the first time such comprehensive information has appeared in print. Richly illustrated, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Kawara — Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e reproduces many examples of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), calendars (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Hundred Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Million Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), postcards (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Got Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), telegrams (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Am Still Alive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), news cuttings (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), maps (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Went\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) and lists (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Met\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) that comprised the artist's practice beginning in the mid-1960s. Among other groups of works, the book includes images of the 97 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (accompanied by their newspaper-lined storage boxes) that Kawara produced during a three-month run of daily painting in 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The catalogue also contains reproductions of paintings and drawings produced in Paris and New York in the years that precede the works for which Kawara is best known, as well as rare images of materials related to his working process. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Idea House 3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154988319015,"sku":"","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/images.jpg?v=1700332676","url":"https:\/\/shop.walkerart.org\/products\/on-kawara-silence","provider":"Walker Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}