YOKOTA TOKYO is pleased to present a two-person exhibition featuring On Kawara and Tomoharu Murakami.

On Kawara consistently created the Date Paintings of Today series —marking dates that are universally recognized and shared by us all. Tomoharu Murakami, by contrast, has layered his paintings through the continual accumulation of daily prayers, crystallized in paint. While their artistic approaches differ greatly, both practices are presented to us as profound engagements with the question of human existence.

We are honored to have the opportunity to exhibit these two artists together in the same space. As works by two artists who pursued sincere and unwavering practices throughout their lives encounter one another, what might we come to perceive? This exhibition is, in part, an exploration of that very question. We hope it will offer visitors a place for quiet contemplation.

Our gallery held On Kawara: Today in 1986, and has maintained an ongoing program of solo exhibitions by Tomoharu Murakami since 1978. The present exhibition is an extension of these long-standing activities.

We warmly invite you to visit the exhibition.

With the cooperation of: One Million Years Foundation

Photo credits:

1. Installation view of On Kawara: Today
1986, Gatodo Gallery (now YOKOTA TOKYO)
©︎ One Million Years Foundation
Photograph by Seiichiro Iwakami

2. Installation view of pax — Tomoharu Murakami
1995, Yokota Shigeru Gallery (now YOKOTA TOKYO)