Bortolami is pleased to announce the second iteration of Daniel Buren / Miami, a yearlong, evolving exhibition that marks
the 50th anniversary of the artist’s iconic 8.7 cm stripe. The first iteration, a selection of Buren’s paintings from 1965 to
present, explored the discovery and subsequent use of the readymade stripe.
This second iteration consists of a new work in situ titled Passage aller-retour, a site-specific installation comprised of five
porticos or gateways placed at regular intervals throughout the gallery, their striped sides punctuating the space. This
“passage” terminates with a mirror of the same dimensions as the gates, creating a doubling effect.
The artist considers the stripe a “visual tool”, which he uses to explore the relationship between art and the structures that
frame it. Interventions and works in situ like Passage aller-retour re-contextualize the audience’s experience and perception
of space.
This works relates to his large body of architectural scale works that physically alter the audience’s environment
and shifts our engagement with the world around us.
This new programming initiative, which the gallery is calling Artist / City, is an experimental alternative for artists to show
their work in American cities outside the standard five-week gallery show. Pairing an artist with a space in a different city
for a year, we hope to set forth a progressive exhibition structure, expand our programming, and grow geographically
without opening full-scale operations. The aim is to create a structure in which our artists can investigate their work without
restriction.
Daniel Buren (b. 1938) has been the subject of major museum exhibitions worldwide. His work is included in prestigious
private and public collections internationally. Buren has exhibited in the Venice Biennale more than 10 times and was
awarded the Golden Lion for his French Pavilion in 1986. In 2007, he received the Praemium Imperiale for Painting from
Japan and was selected to exhibit at MONUMENTA 2012 at the Grand Palais in Paris. Currently, Buren is the subject of a
major exhibition at BOZAR/Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium. He has just completed two commissions for works
in situ: a bombastic alteration of the exterior of the Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; and a colorful re-design of the glass
over-ground walkways at Hunter College in New York City.
Daniel Buren / Miami
3 December 2015 – 30 November 2016
M Building, 194 NW 30th Street, Miami
Closed August
Thursday-Saturday, 12 – 5:30pm and by appointment
