Buren's Columns (Les Deux Plateaux)

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Buren's Columns (Les Deux Plateaux) is a contemporary art installation by Daniel Buren consisting of black-and-white striped columns of varying heights arranged in the courtyard of Paris’s Palais-Royal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation
contemporary art
public artwork
site-specific artwork
access free
alsoKnownAs Buren's Columns NERFINISHED
Les Colonnes de Buren NERFINISHED
artMovement conceptual art
commissionedBy French Ministry of Culture NERFINISHED
Jack Lang NERFINISHED
completionDate 1986
controversy criticized for altering a historic monument
debate over use of public funds for contemporary art
country France
creator Daniel Buren NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance iconic example of Daniel Buren's stripe motif
landmark of contemporary art in Paris
designedAs permanent installation
feature black-and-white vertical stripes
columns of varying heights
grid-like arrangement
genre installation art
public art
hasColor black
white
inception 1985
integratesWith classical architecture of Palais-Royal courtyard
locatedIn 1st arrondissement of Paris NERFINISHED
France
Palais-Royal NERFINISHED
Paris
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
location Cour d'Honneur of the Palais-Royal NERFINISHED
maintenance French Ministry of Culture NERFINISHED
materialUsed concrete
marble
paint
openToPublic yes
ownedBy French state NERFINISHED
partOf Palais-Royal complex NERFINISHED
theme dialogue between contemporary and classical forms
intervention in historic architecture
perception of space
title Les Deux Plateaux NERFINISHED
visitorActivity photography
walking among columns

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Palais-Royal notableFeature Buren's Columns (Les Deux Plateaux)