For the tenth edition of Frieze New York, Lisson Gallery will present a solo display of three important works by the French artist Daniel Buren, exhibited in the US for the first time. A radical conceptual artist with a career spanning 50 years, Buren gained notoriety in the mid 1960s when he introduced a discernible visual device using the classic French stripe fabric motif to probe the relationship between the artwork and the foundation on which it was installed. Buren situated 8.7cm-wide vertical stripes in unique interventions, examining what painting is and the environment of its creation. With works ranging from 1968–1980, the booth will highlight these now rare in situ experimentations, marking the artist's dialogue with each space.
The presentation at Frieze New York will re-install three situated works: One Piece in Three Parts (1968–1976), Une Pièce Coupée en Deux (1974), and A Work in Four Parts for One Wall (1980), while a fourth work, Corner Piece in Three Parts (1980) will be included in the Frieze Online Viewing Room. A Work in Four Parts for One Wall and Corner Piece in Three Parts were assembled previously for the critical 1980 Lisson Gallery exhibition, Daniel Buren, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Fred Sandback in London. The works will be installed in their original orientation, underscoring astute and pragmatic interventions.
By reducing painting to its absolute component—the canvas—Buren has been able to explore the physical elements of the work and point to the ideological context in which its meaning is made. In this presentation Buren continues to examine the framework around artistic creation, the role of the artist and most importantly the space in which they exhibit. The compositions will transform the walls of The Shed, a new venue for the artist to explore.
Later this year, Roulette Russe will publish a monograph on the work of Daniel Buren, providing a comprehensive record of one of the world's most influential artists. Featuring an essay by Lisson Gallery Founder Nicholas Logsdail, the texts will be the first published set to span Buren's career of over 50 years, offering a thorough documentation of the artist's practice.
About the artist
Daniel Buren was born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris), France in 1938. He lives and works in situ. His work has been the subject of major exhibitions at Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru (2019); Carriageworks, Redfern, Australia (2018); Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, OH, USA (2018); Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany (2018); Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany (2017); Centre Pompidou Málaga, Málaga, Spain (2017); BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (2016); Museo - Espacio, Aguascalientes, Mexico (2016); Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2014); Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France (2014); Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2013); the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA (2005) and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2002). Buren has exhibited in the Venice Biennale, Italy more than ten times and was awarded the Golden Lion for his French Pavilion in 1986. That same year, he produced his first and most controversial public commission, The Two Plateaux, for the main courtyard of the Palais-Royal in Paris, France. In 2007, he received the Praemium Imperiale for Painting from Japan. Most recently, he was selected for the site-specific Monumenta 2012 commission at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. Buren's 1994 installation The Arches, permanent work in situ, is on view at the Southampton City Art Gallery, and in May 2017, he launched another permanent installation in the UK—Diamonds and Circles, works in situ—at Tottenham Court Road station in London, commissioned by Art on the Underground.
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