KEYNOTE: A seminal exhibition by the artist Daniel Buren at the Centre Pompidou in Paris is recreated through photographs of the since-destroyed pieces and illuminating reflections by the exhibition's curator. Since the late 1960s Daniel Buren has been challenging the traditional methods of presenting art through museums and galleries. Through his conceptual works Buren audaciously argues that the art and its viewing environment are both inextricable and antithetical. This beautiful volume takes readers on a tour of a spectacular exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The photographs depict Buren's employment of the museum as a whole. The pieces, which he destroyed immediately after the exhibition closed, included hundreds of open cubes, mirrors, banners, and even a car park. Also featured are fascinating, behind-the-scenes accounts of the installation by the curator, Buren's own pre-exhibition sketches, ideas, and floor plans, and perceptive essays that capture the significance of Buren's daring achievement. AUTHOR: Bernard Blistene, formerly Deputy Director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris (Centre George Pompidou), is Chief Curator of the Musées de France and has recently been appointed Inspector General of Fine Arts at the French Ministry of Culture. Laurent Le Bon is the Curator at the National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, Paris and he has recently been appointed as the Director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz. Patrick Bouchain has been a professor and an arts advisor in France. Dorothea Von Hantelmann has worked as senior fellow at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and has published widely on contemporary art. ILLUSTRATIONS 300 colour illustrations
