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Artworks
Daniel Buren
UNE ENVELOPPE PEUT EN CACHER UNE AUTRE, NO. VI, 1989Wood, white synthetic printed fabric, every 8.7cm with same size black lines, glue, cotton white canvas106-1/2 x 106-1/2 x 106-1/2 in. (270 x 270 x 270 cm)Hall Collection© Daniel Buren / VG Bild-Kunst, BonnThe French artist Daniel Buren introduces geometric patterns into environments both institutional and public. Since 1965, Buren has employed manufactured textiles featuring alternating white and color stripes at a width...The French artist Daniel Buren introduces geometric patterns into environments both institutional and public. Since 1965, Buren has employed manufactured textiles featuring alternating white and color stripes at a width of 8.7 cm each, conceptually removing all expression from painting while maintaining the basic aspects of its structure. For the 1989 exhibition at Musée Rath in Geneva, Buren filled the lower level gallery with ten 'cabanes éclatées' (exploded cabins), including UNE ENVELOPPE PEUT EN CACHER UNE AUTRE, NO. VI (1989). Resembling a shelter comprised of Buren's striped panels with stretcher-like configurations that reference both the backside of paintings as well as architectural structures, viewers are invited to see painting from within the construction as opposed to on a wall. The experience of walking through the work upends "the idea of the museum as container and the objects it contains."[1]
[1] Rorimer, Anne. "Daniel Buren: From Painting to Architecture." Parkett 66, 2002, p. 68.
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