Daniel Buren
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Daniel Buren is a French conceptual artist renowned for his site-specific installations featuring distinctive striped patterns that interrogate the relationship between art, architecture, and public space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Buren canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Buren Context triple: [Monumenta 2012, commissionedArtist, Daniel Buren]
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A.
Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany was a French art critic and theorist best known for championing postwar avant-garde movements and co-founding the Nouveau Réalisme group.
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B.
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist best known for his pioneering installations of fluorescent light fixtures that transform architectural space with color and illumination.
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C.
Franco Stella
Franco Stella is an Italian architect known for his work on major reconstruction and restoration projects, including the modern rebuilding of Berlin's historic city palace.
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D.
Serge Chermayeff
Serge Chermayeff was a prominent 20th-century architect and industrial designer known for his contributions to modernist architecture in Britain and the United States.
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E.
Art Evans
Art Evans is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television, particularly in 1980s and 1990s dramas and comedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Buren Target entity description: Daniel Buren is a French conceptual artist renowned for his site-specific installations featuring distinctive striped patterns that interrogate the relationship between art, architecture, and public space.
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A.
Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany was a French art critic and theorist best known for championing postwar avant-garde movements and co-founding the Nouveau Réalisme group.
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B.
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist best known for his pioneering installations of fluorescent light fixtures that transform architectural space with color and illumination.
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C.
Franco Stella
Franco Stella is an Italian architect known for his work on major reconstruction and restoration projects, including the modern rebuilding of Berlin's historic city palace.
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D.
Serge Chermayeff
Serge Chermayeff was a prominent 20th-century architect and industrial designer known for his contributions to modernist architecture in Britain and the United States.
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E.
Art Evans
Art Evans is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television, particularly in 1980s and 1990s dramas and comedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Paris
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international art scene ⓘ |
| artisticPractice |
in situ works responding to architecture
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integration of art into public space ⓘ questioning the institutional frame of art ⓘ site-specific interventions ⓘ use of industrial striped fabric ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Lion for best national participation at the Venice Biennale
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linked to:
Golden Lion for Best National Participation
Praemium Imperiale for painting ⓘ
linked to:
Praemium Imperiale
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-03-25 ⓘ |
| familyName | Buren ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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painting ⓘ public art ⓘ site-specific art ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Centre Pompidou
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Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Hauts-de-Seine
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Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
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| movement |
conceptual art
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minimalism ⓘ |
| name | Daniel Buren ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interrogating relationship between art and architecture
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public space interventions ⓘ site-specific installations ⓘ striped patterns in art ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Les Colonnes de Buren
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Les Deux Plateaux ⓘ in situ stripe works in public space ⓘ site-specific striped installations ⓘ stripe interventions in museums and galleries ⓘ work for the Guggenheim Museum New York (1971 banner intervention) ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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installation artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Documenta
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linked to:
Documenta (Kassel)
Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boulogne-Billancourt ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
use of 8.7 cm vertical stripes
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use of alternating white and colored stripes ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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