On Kawara

On Kawara, Oct.12, 1988, 1988 (détail)
Collection privée, Paris / Dépôt à la Collection Lambert, Avignon
© The Estate of On Kawara

On Kawara, I Am Still Alive, 1971-1972
Donation Yvon Lambert à l’Etat français / Centre national des arts plastiques / Dépôt à la Collection Lambert
© The Estate of On Kawara

On Kawara, Oct.12, 1988, 1988 (détail)
Collection privée, Paris / Dépôt à la Collection Lambert, Avignon
© The Estate of On Kawara

On Kawara, I Got Up At…, 1977 (vue d’exposition)
Donation Yvon Lambert à l’Etat français / Centre national des arts plastiques / Dépôt à la Collection Lambert
© The Estate of On Kawara

On Kawara, Oct.12, 1988, 1988 (détail)
Collection privée, Paris / Dépôt à la Collection Lambert, Avignon
© The Estate of On Kawara

1933-2014
Japanese nationality
Artistic movement : conceptual art
Number of works in the collection : 7

IN THE EYES OF YVON LAMBERT

“The daily reception of his telegrams was the starting point of an adventure with him that lasted more than thirty years. Every day, I was forewarned that a telegram was going to be delivered to me, and after passing the surprise of the first, I looked forward to the next. Yet they were all similar, with this litany that was so ironic for some, but for me so touching “I am still alive”. Of course I was aware that this series of messages was already a work in its own right, but what I liked so much about it was the personal support that these telegrams aroused me.”