Daniel Buren
Modulation
Works in situ
16 October 2009 – 14 February 2010
State Museum for Art and Design in Nuremberg
Klarissenplatz
Telephone: + 49 (911) 240 20 10
Email: info [at] nmn.de
The French-born international artist Daniel Buren is considered one of the fiercest critics of contemporary art. It is particularly towards the museum, its circumstances and conditions, that he likes to turn his critical attention. For the “museum is the place, with regard to which and for which works are created.”
For well over forty years Buren has applied his mischievous intuition to develop works that directly play on their surroundings. Thus, in institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in New York or, most recently, in the Musée Picasso in Paris, he has created breathtaking installations in dialogue with their specific contexts, thereby opening these up to new perspectives. But he has frequently performed his artistic interventions in outdoor locations too, where he typically applies 8.7 cm wide stripes – his characteristic artistic trademark – to give heightened visibility to certain aspects of reality.
In Nuremberg Daniel Buren encounters the striking architecture of Volker Staab, whose symbiosis of different architectural traditions represents a milestone in the history of modern museum architecture. In the exhibition “MODULATION Works in situ” conceived exclusively for the Neues Museum, Daniel Buren explores certain distinctive elements of the museum’s design. Making specific reference to the façade, to the foyer and its staircase, and to the exhibition hall, Buren has evolved works of his own that combine light and movement to create singular and exceptional situations.
Curators: Melitta Kliege, Angelika Nollert, Neues Museum
A catalogue will be published.
Supplementary events
Artist lecture
Daniel Buren talks about his work
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 7pm
Guided tours by the exhibition curator Dr. Melitta Kliege
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 6pm
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 6pm
Neues Museum
State Museum for Art and Design in Nuremberg
Klarissenplatz
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90402 Nuremberg
Germany
Telephone: + 49-911-2402010
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