On Kawara
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On Kawara was a Japanese conceptual artist best known for his date paintings and works that meditate on time, existence, and daily life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Kawara canonical | 14 |
| On Kawara Date Paintings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5502482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Kawara Context triple: [Dia Beacon, exhibitsWorkBy, On Kawara]
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A.
Isamu Chō
Isamu Chō was an Imperial Japanese Army general known for his extreme nationalism and key leadership role in Japan’s final World War II battles, including the defense of Okinawa.
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B.
Isamu Yokoyama
Isamu Yokoyama was an Imperial Japanese Army general who played a prominent leadership role in major early Second Sino-Japanese War operations.
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C.
Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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D.
Yukio Kashio
Yukio Kashio was a Japanese engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the founding figures behind the company that evolved into the Casio electronics brand.
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E.
Brice Marden
Brice Marden is an American painter renowned for his minimalist, monochromatic canvases and later calligraphic abstractions that bridge Western modernism and Eastern aesthetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Kawara Target entity description: On Kawara was a Japanese conceptual artist best known for his date paintings and works that meditate on time, existence, and daily life.
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A.
Isamu Chō
Isamu Chō was an Imperial Japanese Army general known for his extreme nationalism and key leadership role in Japan’s final World War II battles, including the defense of Okinawa.
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B.
Isamu Yokoyama
Isamu Yokoyama was an Imperial Japanese Army general who played a prominent leadership role in major early Second Sino-Japanese War operations.
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C.
Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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D.
Yukio Kashio
Yukio Kashio was a Japanese engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the founding figures behind the company that evolved into the Casio electronics brand.
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E.
Brice Marden
Brice Marden is an American painter renowned for his minimalist, monochromatic canvases and later calligraphic abstractions that bridge Western modernism and Eastern aesthetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-01-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-07-10 ⓘ |
| employedTechnique |
seriality
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systematic daily practice ⓘ text-based art ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| hasSeries |
I Got Up
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I Met ⓘ I Went ⓘ One Million Years ⓘ Today series ⓘ |
| hasWorkCharacteristic |
documentation of everyday activities
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minimalist typography ⓘ repetition ⓘ use of dates ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary conceptual artists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | conceptual art movement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | conceptual art ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableExhibition | On Kawara—Silence (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
daily life documentation works
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date paintings ⓘ meditations on time and existence ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Date Paintings
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I Got Up ⓘ I Met ⓘ I Went ⓘ One Million Years ⓘ Today series ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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linked to:
Kariya, Japan
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| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| representedBy |
David Zwirner Gallery
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Galerie Konrad Fischer ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workFocusedOn |
daily life
ⓘ
existence ⓘ time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On Kawara Description of subject: On Kawara was a Japanese conceptual artist best known for his date paintings and works that meditate on time, existence, and daily life.
Referenced by (15)
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