The internationally renowned French artist is known for his in situ works, characterised by the presence of a recurring motif made up of alternating white and coloured stripes. The specific character and often short-lived nature of Daniel Buren’s works (80% of his works no long exist!) mean a classic retrospective of his work would have been impossible.
With this exhibition entitled “A Fresco”, Daniel Buren offers an original solution to this dilemma. The exhibition has been conceived as a visual and temporal crossing in the course of which Daniel Buren establishes a dialogue between his work and selected works by more than 70 artists from the 20th and 21st century. These artists who had a major influence on his own artistic career, from Paul Cézanne, Fernand Léger to Pablo Picasso, by way of Jackson Pollock and Sol LeWitt to Pierre Huyghe and plenty more besides.
A specific work, in the form of a film directed by the artist, will provide a major overview of his works from the 1960s until the present day, and more particularly of his ephemeral creations. This multi-screen fresco will made up of be a combination of archive images, film extracts, commentaries and interviews.
Daniel Buren will create a work in the Horta Hall, on the fringes of the exhibition circuit. This work will be in relation to the architecture of the Centre for Fine Arts.
A Fresco will be entirely conceived and carried out by Daniel Buren in collaboration with the curator Joël Benzakin. It is being specifically created for the spaces in the Centre for Fine Arts. This exhibition promises to be an unmissable milestone in Buren’s work.
Daniel Buren. A Fresco
19.02 – 22.05.2016
BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23 , 1000 Brussels
Open : Tuesdays to Sundays, 10 am > 6 pm (Thursdays : 10 am > 9 pm)
Closed: Mondays
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