Given his recourse to language, photography and systems of information, On Kawara is often described as a key figure in the history of conceptual art. This book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition of Kawaras post-1964 work at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition On Kawara -- Silence. Organized by Jeffrey Weiss with Anne Wheeler, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 6-May 3, 2015"--Colophon.