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Daniel Buren

Guy Lelong ; translated from the French by David Radzinowicz

Flammarion, c2002

English-language ed.

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Originally published in French by Flammarion in 2001

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183])

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Description

When in 1971 Daniel Buren hung a 65-foot striped canvas in the central well of the New York Guggenheim, Donald Judd referred to him as "a Parisian wallpaper hanger." In 1986, his permanent Two Plateaus installation in the courtyard of Paris's Palais Royal provoked such controversy that the project was almost brought to a standstill. In his consistent questioning of how art is conceived and perceived, Buren has often incited criticism, in the face of which he has maintained a rare integrity and coherence in his work. In this monograph, the only publication currently available on the artist, author Guy Lelong examines the origins, significance, and inherently provocative nature of Buren's art. His analysis underlines one of its most prominent and influential aspects: the deliberate inversion of the relationship art works maintain with the places where they are exhibited. Fully illustrated throughout with Buren's own "photo-souvenirs" of his site-specific works, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of this artist's work to date. It is published to coincide with a retrospective traveling from the Centre Georges Pompidou to the Guggenheim SoHo in fall 2002.

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  • NCID
    BB13528786
  • ISBN
    • 2080108735
  • Country Code
    fr
  • Title Language Code
    fre
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    [Paris]
  • Pages/Volumes
    182 p., [1] p.
  • Size
    27 x 27 cm
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