Daniel Buren

Daniel Buren is a painter and French sculptor, born with Boulogne-Billancourt, in the Hauts-de-Seine, the March 25th 1938.

Biography

Its work

Left the School of the Trades of Art, it approaches many techniques such as film, it video and the sound. It directs as of the Années 1960 its work towards an economy of the artistic means.

As he is theorist of his own work, he accompanies his installations by a description and explanatory notes. In 1965, inspired by a fabric of blind striped, it develops its artistic vocabulary: alternate vertical bands white and coloured of 8,7 cm width , repeating its stripes ad infinitum and on all the supports. The choice of an industrially manufactured reason answers its desire of objectivity and allows him to accentuate the impersonal character of its work. It will name that a " tool visuel".

In 1966, Buren joins the painters Olivier Mosset, Michel Parmentier and Niele Toroni, with which they organize very discussed demonstrations, creating the group BMPT. What binds “BMPT” is the common practice of the systematic repetition of the same reason, as well as the will to be opposed radically to the Parisian artistic scene, very academic and dominated then by the École of Paris. The four artists separate on December 5th, 1967.

This joint work is for Buren the occasion to examine either only the physical limits of painting, but also the political and social borders of the world of Article It declines an infinity of possibilities starting from these bands, since each work is expressed in situ, according to the place where it is programmed and carried out. The precision, the rigor and the radicality, in the artist, are pushed to the extreme.

It starts to use the tapes overflow like “visual tool”, exploring the potentialities of this reason as a sign. The choice of various supports (striped pre fabric, especially printed paper, painted glass, engraved glass, mirror, wood, stone, transparent plastic, metal, painting) and the passage of the plane surface to the third dimension. Buren is freed from the framework imposed on the table and the ogee mouldings. This slip of painting to the wallpaper and the poster enables him to intervene anywhere.

This new walk of operation gives the opportunity to Buren to develop the concept of in situ work, i.e. of an artistic intervention intrinsically related to the place in which it is. Buren always carries out an analysis of the place in which it places its bands, by revealing these most significant characteristics and least visible. Buren speaks itself “about instrument to see”, because paradoxically, while limiting himself to a single reason, he arrives to a widening of the field of vision of the spectator. Work reveals the place and this place even thus makes it untransportable and transitory. All the exposure of the Center Pompidou answers this criterion worked out by Buren and taken again per so many others. The external cells illustrate can be best this concept of work in-situ.

During Years 1970, its “striped” interventions invade all the supports: doors, staircases, trains, veils, waistcoats for museum attendants, etc At the same time as its work becomes infinite extensive, it becomes more diversified and coloured, thus transgressing the modernistic interdict which banishes any decorative function.

It also starts to expose in the museums, which enables him to sharpen its institutional criticism. Musée Guggenheim of New York with Documented Kassel, it often intervened in a critical way compared to the artistic institutions. For him, “any exposed work is put in scene”, it thus regards the exposure as a decoration, thus denouncing the role of the institution which usually chairs this setting in scene.

The Années 1980 mark the time of the first public orders. Most famous without question “the Two Plates” (1985-1986) is ordered by the French State for the main courtyard of the Palais Royal to Paris. The national polemic generated by the “columns” and obtaining the Gold Lion to the Biennale de Venise in 1986, establish its notoriety.

In its work, it is interested more and more in the bonds between architecture and Article It develops a more three-dimensional work and a design of the work which is not any more object, but modulation in space. Constructions and déconstructions mix in its “Burst Huts”.

In the Years 1990, it continues to work on these increasingly complex architectural devices, multiplying the plays on materials and the colors. This last element is not only any more applied to the wall, but “is installed in space” in the form of filters, of plates of glass or coloured plexiglasses. The impression of bursting of work is sometimes accentuated by the use of mirrors.

List its permanent works in public space and semi-public

17 Paintings on wood , 1960-1961. In situ work, Grapetree Bay Hotel, Holy-Cross, the Virgin Islands, the United States.
4 Mosaics , 1965. In situ work, Grapetree Bay Hotel, Holy-Cross, the Virgin Islands, the United States. This the first two in situ and permanent work remained “debouts”, hung on their walls, whereas the hotel was entirely destroyed following a hurricane in 1989.
Lambris , 1980. In situ work - in collaboration with Charles Vandenhove, architect, Liege - University hospital, Liege, Belgium.
In the Dining Room , 1982. In situ work, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, the United States
the Royal Living room , 1984-1986. In situ work - in collaboration with Charles Vandenhove, architect, Liege - Theater of the Currency, Brussels, Belgium.
Last nine Colors with the wind , 1984-1996. In situ work in “Quebec 1534-1984”, Quebec, Canada, May 1984. Installed in a permanent way from 1996, place Urbain-Baudreau-Gravenile, Montreal, Canada.
the Two Plates , 1985-1986. In situ sculpture - with the assistance of Patrick Bouchain, architect, Paris -, main courtyard of the Palais Royal, Paris, France.
Diagonal for bamboos , 1986-1987. In situ work - in collaboration with Alexandre Chemetov, landscape gardener, Paris -, Park of the Villette, Paris, France.
the Door , 1987. In situ work, Domgasse, Münster, Germany.
Frieze Paint , December 1987: Painting on/under plexiglass, in situ Work, Refco collection, trading room, New York, New York, the United States.
Von der Heydt Museum: Das Coffee , 1987-1990. In situ work - with the assistance of Mr. Bussman, architect -, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany.
the Walk of the Federate Marseillais / With the Colors of the city, December 1989. 500 flames from Marseilles to Paris: 7 stations, 1989-1992, in situ Work, completed in seven cities: Marseilles, Avignon, Valence, Vienna, Mâcon, Saulieu and Charenton, France. Work destroyed at the request of the artist in 2006, for lack of maintenance of work.
Without Title , 1990. In situ work, Furkablicke Hotel, Furkapasshöhe, Switzerland.
Double rate/rhythm , June 1991. In situ plank, acrylic painting and self-adhesive vinyl, Head office Saarbrucken Kongresshalle, Saarbrucken, Germany
white Passage and black , 1992. In situ work - in collaboration with Charles Vandenhove, architect, Liege - De Liefde, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Horizontal cut - Vertical cut - Fragmented reflection - Plank, 1992. In situ work, Hypo-Bank, Kempfenhausen, Germany.
Around the Well , 1993. In situ work, completed at the time of " Treasuries of voyage, Biennial XLV di Venezia" , Monastero dei Padri Mechitaristi, Venice, Isolated from San Lazaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy.
To pose/Deposit/Expose , 1993. In situ work - with the assistance of Jean-Michel Wilmotte, architect, Paris - Richelieu Coffee, Gallery Richelieu, Large Louvre, Paris, France.
From one Place to another . From one Material to another. Passages in and out, 1993-199. In situ work, Shinjuku I-Land, Tokyo, Japan.
the Arches April, 1994. In situ work, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Great Britain.
Direction Top-Below , 1994. In situ sculpture and moving - in collaboration with Jean-Michel Wilmotte and the assistance of Michel Targe, architect, Lyon, Park of Célestins, Lyon, France.
Displacement-Gushing: Of a fountain Others , 1994. Work in situ - in collaboration with Christian Drevet, architect, Lyon and the contest of Art/Undertaken Georges Verney-Carron, Villeurbanne -, Place of the Composts, Lyon, France.
Diagonal for pilasters - Rhombuses for colors , 1994-1995. In situ work, head office Deutsche Telekom, Bonn, Germany
Of a place the other: To place, move, adjust, locate, transform , 1994-1996. In situ work, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
25 Porticos: the color and its reflections , 1996. In situ work - on the initiative of Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc., Tokyo, bay of Odaiba, Saera Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan.
Rise of the color and the Cascade of the color , 1996: In situ work - on the initiative of Brigitte Oetker, New Trade Fair Center, Leipzig, Germany.
Suns and Garde-corps , 1996: In situ work - in collaboration with Charles Vandenhove, architect, Liege - Theater of the Abbesses, Paris, France.
Diagonal for a place 1996-1997 in situ Work - with the assistance of Jean-Christophe Denise, architect, Paris and of Henn Architekten Ingenieure -, Technische Unbiversität, Munich, Germany. Catalog reasoned: T XIII-1
Encoder-To decode: code with its reading, Colors, Reflections, Transparency , 1996-1997: In situ work - in collaboration with Patrick Bouchain, architect, Paris -, Thomson head office, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Catalog reasoned: T XIII-3
the Concert hall - the Room of the mirrors 1996-1997 in situ Work - with the assistance of Jean-Christophe Denise, architect, Paris and of the cabinet of architecture ABB, Francfort-sur-le-Main -, head office, Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany.
Red Hut with the Mirrors, 1996-2006, in situ work, Museum of Chartreuse, Douai, France.

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-14

Through the tilted mirror: the color 1997 , in situ work - on the initiative of the gallery Hete Hünerman, Düsseldorf -, head office, IKB (Industrial Kredit Bank), Düsseldorf, Germany.

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-22

Ipotesi known alcuni indizi - Share II 1987-1997 in situ Work - with the assistance of Incontri Internazionali d' Arti, Rome, and of Alberto Zanmatti, architect, Rome - Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

Catalog reasoned : T XIII 14R

Circles , 1998 in situ Work, Victoria Insurance, Düsseldorf, Germany, on the initiative and with the assistance of Achenbach Art Consulting, Düsseldorf, Germany

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-58

Passage underwood , 1998 in situ Work - on the initiative of Sounjou Seo, Korea -, Kimpo National park, Kimpo, South Korea.

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-59

Sit down October, 1998 in situ Work, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville (New York), the United States

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-65

From floor to ceiling vice versa and , 1998 in situ Work - on the initiative of Fumio Nanjo, Tokyo -, head office, Obayashi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-69

Ohne Titel/Installation im Treppenhaus of Neuen Natural history musea Weimar , 1996-1998 in situ Work - on the initiative of Paul Maenz, Cologne, Neues Weimar Museum, Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Weimar, Germany

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-70

the Color: was, was, could have been, could be, be, will be . Five prospective little games and retrospective, to discover as from photograph-memories prepared, March 1999. Work in situ permanent on the Web, Internet site: Free entry, Ministry for the culture and the communication, Paris. http://www.culture.fr/entreelibre/Buren

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-76

Rainbow for Fausto , 1999-2000 in situ Work, - permanent installation at the head office of Radicichimica GMBH, Polygon for Poggibonsi: 180 flags, 9 colors, realized in “Arte all Arte”, 4th Imperial edition, Cassero della Fortezza di Poggio, Poggibonsi, 1999 Troglitz, Germany.

Catalog reasoned T XIII-97

sliding Triangles , 1999 in situ Work, head office of Michaux Management, Lyon, France

Catalog reasoned : T XIII-101

Three Points of view for a dialog - Work in homage to the cardinal Decourtray , 1998-2000. In situ work - on the initiative of The Jerusalem Foundation -, Mount-Sion, Jerusalem, Israel.

By Transparency , 1997-2000. In situ work, French Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

White and Green Fence , 2001-2003. In situ work, The Farm, Gibbs Sculpture collection, Auckland, New Zealand

coloured Transparencies , 1999-2001. In situ work, Allianz Haupterverwaltung, Munich, Germany.

Sulle Vine: punti di Vista = On the Vines: point of view of, 2001. In situ work - on the initiative of Galleria Continued, San Gimignano and with the assistance of Studio Polvani Pianigiani, Architectes associated, Italy -, Castello di Ama, Lecchi in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.

the Large Window , 1998-2001. In situ work - in collaboration with Joseph Paul Kleihues, architect, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Berlin, Germany.

With the top of the waves, the horizon , 2001. In situ work, completed in " Fourth exposure of contemporary sculpture of Shenzhen/The Fourth Shenzhen Contemporary in situ Sculpture Exhibition/Transplantation " , He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

From one Circle to Another: landscape borrowed , 2001. In situ work, in the town of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Radiant , 2000-2002. In situ work in collaboration with Nicolas Guillot architect, Park of Cigalière, Sérignan, France.

emerging Foundation , 2000-2002. In situ work with the collaboration of Claes Söderquist, Stockholm, Sweden, head office Telenor Eiendom Fornebu ACE, Oslo, Norway.

Prospettive , 2000-2005. In situ work Palazzo BSI - with the assistance of Giampiero Camponovo, architect, Breganzona -, Lugano, Tessin, Switzerland.

coloured Projection , 2001-2002. In situ work in collaboration with Dominique Perrault, architect, Paris. Hotel-of-city, Innsbruck, Austria.

White and Green Fence , 2001-2003. Work in situ evolutionary, The Farm, Gibbs Sculpture collection, Auckland, New Zealand.

Somewhere along the way, nap colors , 2002-2003. In situ work - on the initiative of Art Face Gallery, Tokyo -, for Toki Mass, Niigata, Japan.

The Colors suspended: 3 exploded Cabins , 2002-2003. In situ work, Toyota Municipal Museum off Art, Toyota, Japan.

Please of touch: Descriptive tactile and visual one - Foldings , 2000-2003. In situ work - in collaboration with the Foundation of France and the Office of Competences and Desires, IRSAM, Regional Institute of the deaf persons and the blind men, Marseilles, France.

the Hut Burst in the Four Rooms , 2003-2005. In situ work for Giuliano Gori - on the initiative of Galleria Continued, San Gimignano -, Fattoria di That, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy.

Cerchi nell' aqua , 2004. In situ work - in collaboration Naples Azienda risorse idriche di napoli Arin, Ponticelli, Naples, Italy.

the imaginary Garden , 2004. In situ work - on the initiative of the BLAC (local Beautiful of contemporary art, Brussels) -, Sint-Donatuspark, Leuwen, Belgium.

Title , 2004-2005. In situ work - on the initiative of Blue Dragon Art Company, Tapei, Bin Jiang Junior High School, Taipei, Taiwan.

Tram/Screen , 2004-2006. In situ work - with the assistance of Jean-Christophe Denise, architect, Paris, at the 14 stations of the East-West line of the Tram/Train of Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France.

Transparencies and coloured Projections , June 2005. In situ work, vault of the Keep of Vez, France.

coloured Partitions , 2005. In situ work - on the initiative of Giuliano Gori, Pistoia and with the assistance of Gianniantonio Vannetti, architect, Florence -, Nuovo Padiglione di Emodialisi di Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy.

To assemble/Descend , 2005. In situ work - on the initiative of Buchmann Gallery, Cologne/Berlin -, Bahnhof, Wolfsburg, Germany.

the Cafeteria , 2006. In situ work - on the initiative of the BLAC (local Beautiful of contemporary art, Brussels) -, EAAC-Museum of the Town of Castellon, Castellon, Spain.

the range , 2007. 40 meters length mosaic out of white marble and black granite, marking out the entry of the new Fabre museum, Montpellier, Herault, France.

the rings , 2007. Together of metal rings bordering a quay, illuminating various colors the night. Quay of the Antilles, island of Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.

It was, it is, it will be , 2007. In situ work - Gallery Kamel Mennour, Paris, France.

Exposures

Experiment Pommery#4 , August 2007. This exposure organized by Buren gathers works of 37 artists in the cellars of the chalk pits from the Pommery Country cottage in Rheims. Among the invited artist-plastics technicians: Saâdane Afif, Kader Attias, Loris Cecchini, Jacqueline Dauriac, Michel François, Carlos Garaicoa, Kendell Geers, Subodh Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Tadashi Kawamata, Friederike Mainka, Barthelemy Toguo, Ass Veronica Janssens and Sophie Whettnall.

Anecdotes

Excluded from the exposure of the Gugenheim museum in 1971 by Donald Judd and daN Flavin. Mentioned by Unknown the in the sketch “the Set”.

External bonds

Official site of Daniel Buren
Daniel Buren in artefacts
a work of Daniel “in situ” Buren
Bruno Peinado and Daniel Buren with the Palate of Tokyo
Daniel Buren in Artcyclopedia
the personal testimony of Daniel Buren

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