{"id":340,"name":"","email":"ensembles@muhka.be","language_id":1,"permalink":"on-kawara","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":47,"url_1":"","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1933-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"Barok","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"On","lastname":"Kawara","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"On Kawara","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"Kawara, On","stream_count_app":34,"gender":"male","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/005/879/large/ANONIEM.png?1527777471","poster_credits":null,"media_count":1,"items_count":6,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Kawara \u003c/strong\u003e(b.1932-2014) grows up in Kiriya and Tokyo, where he experiences as an adolescent how his people try to process the national trauma of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1955-56, as a 23-year-old, he makes a series of 30 death portraits \u0026ndash; some based on existing photographs \u0026ndash; to capture the horror of this \u0026#39;atomic time\u0026#39; on paper. The intended publication under the title \u003cem\u003eDeath Masks\u003c/em\u003e is not realised and the series of drawings \u0026ndash; although intended as a moment of remembrance \u0026ndash; is forgotten.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAfter wandering through South America and Europe, On Kawara settles permanently in New York, where, a year later, he makes his first \u003cem\u003eDate Painting\u003c/em\u003e: the painted representation of the date and place where he is at that moment, applied to canvas with calligraphic precision. Since then, every day, he records his earthly presence as an \u0026lsquo;existential statement\u0026rsquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eText: Hans Willemse, 2018\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Kawara\u003c/strong\u003e (1932-2014) groeit op in Kiriya en Tokio, waar hij als adolescent meemaakt hoe zijn volk het nationale trauma tracht te verwerken van de atoombommen op Hiroshima en Nagasaki. Als 23-jarige maakt hij in 1955-56 een reeks van dertig doodsportretten \u0026ndash; sommige naar bestaande foto\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ndash; om de gruwel van deze \u0026lsquo;atoomtijd\u0026rsquo; vast te leggen op papier. De beoogde publicatie onder de titel \u003cem\u003eDeath Masks\u003c/em\u003e wordt niet gerealiseerd en de reeks tekeningen \u0026ndash; nochtans bedoeld als herinneringsmoment \u0026ndash; raakt vergeten.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eNa omzwervingen door Zuid-Amerika en Europa vestigt On Kawara zich in 1965 definitief in New York, waar hij een jaar later zijn eerste \u003cem\u003edate painting\u003c/em\u003e maakt: de geschilderde weergave van de datum en de plaats waar hij zich op dat ogenblik bevindt, met kalligrafische precisie aangebracht op canvas. Sindsdien registreert hij dagelijks zijn aardse aanwezigheid als een \u0026lsquo;existentieel statement\u0026rsquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eTekst: Hans Willemse, 2018\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Kawara\u003c/strong\u003e (1932-2014) a grandi \u0026agrave; Kiriya et \u0026agrave; Tokyo, o\u0026ugrave; il a v\u0026eacute;cu en tant qu\u0026rsquo;adolescent le traumatise national des bombes atomiques de Hiroshima et de Nagasaki et la tentative collective de l\u0026rsquo;assimiler et le surmonter. En\u0026nbsp;1955 et\u0026nbsp;1956, \u0026acirc;g\u0026eacute; de 23\u0026nbsp;ans, il r\u0026eacute;alise une s\u0026eacute;rie de portraits de morts \u0026ndash; certains d\u0026rsquo;apr\u0026egrave;s des photographies \u0026ndash; afin d\u0026rsquo;immortaliser l\u0026rsquo;horreur de cette \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026egrave;re atomique\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;. La publication qu\u0026rsquo;il avait en t\u0026ecirc;te et qui devait porter le titre de \u003cem\u003eDeath Masks\u003c/em\u003e n\u0026rsquo;a pas vu le jour et la s\u0026eacute;rie de dessins \u0026ndash; pourtant con\u0026ccedil;ue comme monument m\u0026eacute;moriel \u0026ndash; a sombr\u0026eacute; dans l\u0026rsquo;oubli.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eApr\u0026egrave;s des p\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;grinations \u0026agrave; travers l\u0026rsquo;Am\u0026eacute;rique du Sud et l\u0026rsquo;Europe, On Kawara s\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tablit d\u0026eacute;finitivement \u0026agrave; New York en 1965. Un an plus tard, il y r\u0026eacute;alise sa premi\u0026egrave;re \u003cem\u003eDate Painting\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e: la restitution peinte sur toile, avec une pr\u0026eacute;cision calligraphique, d\u0026rsquo;une date et d\u0026rsquo;un lieu o\u0026ugrave; il se trouve \u0026agrave; ce moment. D\u0026egrave;s lors, il consigne quotidiennement sa pr\u0026eacute;sence sur terre comme une \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;affirmation existentielle\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eTexte: Hans Willemse, 2018\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"JP","place":"","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"US","place":"New York","category":{"en":"Lives in","nl":"Leeft in","fr":"Vit à"}}]}