On Kawara: Pure Consciousness

On Kawara's project for the 2000 Shanghai Biennale is a very particular one. Entitled "Pure Consciousness", it consists of seven "Date Paintings". The sizes of the paintings are respectively 20.32 x 25.4 cm and 25.4 x 33.02 cm. The dates, from Jan.1 to Jan. 7, 1997, are written in white against

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black backgrounds. He decides to show the work in a kindergarten instead of the regular venue of the biennale in the Shanghai Art Museum in order to avoid the common audience of art and enter the innocent world of children's lives. Eventually, this project has been realized in Zinlei Music Kindergarten of Jing'an District, Shanghai.

"On Kawara's 'Pure Consciousness' in Shanghai"

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