Musée d'art Contemporain de Lyon / Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon
81 Cité Internationale, Quai Charles de Gaulle
Lyon, France
Lyon, France
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Museums page for Daniel Buren ((Born 1938)), known for Installations-conceptual, geometric-stripe painting and sculpture. Showing 3 museum collections and exhibitions.
Daniel Buren MUSEUMS
Born 1938 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Known for: Installations-conceptual, geometric-stripe painting and sculpture.
Daniel Buren’s group of ten green-and-white striped benches, titled Sit Down, functions doubly as seating and as art objects. Inspired by the natural surroundings, the work was conceived in response... Read full biography
Daniel Buren’s group of ten green-and-white striped benches, titled Sit Down, functions doubly as seating and as art objects. Inspired by the natural surroundings, the work was conceived in response to a series of visits Buren made to Storm King for this commission. Originally made of marine... Read full biography
Daniel Buren’s group of ten green-and-white striped benches, titled Sit Down, functions doubly as seating and as art objects. Inspired by the natural surroundings, the work was conceived in response to a series of visits Buren made to Storm King for this commission. Originally made of marine plywood before being re-fabricated in aluminum and painted with Buren’s patented alternating dark green and white stripes, the simple cubic design permits seating in any orientation. The siting of the... Read full biography
Daniel Buren’s group of ten green-and-white striped benches, titled Sit Down, functions doubly as seating and as art objects. Inspired by the natural surroundings, the work was conceived in response to a series of visits Buren made to Storm King for this commission. Originally made of marine plywood before being re-fabricated in aluminum and painted with Buren’s patented alternating dark green and white stripes, the simple cubic design permits seating in any orientation. The siting of the benches changes according to the needs of Storm King. Envisioned as “signals” in the landscape, the benches are always meant to be displayed in groups, however, so that they are visually linked to one another as they punctuate their terrain, and a visitor... Read full biography
Daniel Buren’s group of ten green-and-white striped benches, titled Sit Down, functions doubly as seating and as art objects. Inspired by the natural surroundings, the work was conceived in response to a series of visits Buren made to Storm King for this commission. Originally made of marine plywood before being re-fabricated in aluminum and painted with Buren’s patented alternating dark green and white stripes, the simple cubic design permits seating in any orientation. The siting of the benches changes according to the needs of Storm King. Envisioned as “signals” in the landscape, the benches are always meant to be displayed in groups, however, so that they are visually linked to one another as they punctuate their terrain, and a visitor sitting on one can readily see another. Buren began his career as a painter in the 1960s, at a particularly active time of cult... Read full biography
Daniel Buren - Artist Info
About Daniel Buren: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsNeuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Storm King Art Center
Old Pleasant Hill Road
P.O.Box 280
Mountainville, NY 10953-0280