Purple Magazine
— The Paris Issue #31 S/S 2019

daniel buren

daniel buren interview by JÉRÔME SANS portrait by OLIVIER ZAHM a french artist who changed the face of the city and who still has a real influence on culture — fighting for contemporary art and always supporting younger generations JÉRÔME SANS — Your biography notes that “Daniel Buren lives and works in situ.” You have always been nomadic, traveling from one country to the next, at the whim of your exhibition projects, and living in the places where you go to work only briefly. Nevertheless, you’ve always had a tie to Paris. DANIEL BUREN — I was born in Paris. Eventually, I began to feel at home in other cities, though this is certainly the one I know best, where I did all my studies and made important things in my life. Starting in 1960, I was invited abroad frequently. From 1955 to 1959, I had already been traveling a great deal,…

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