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Palais Buren fills Paris's Grand Palais with colour
France’s newly elected President François Hollande attended the opening of the latest Monumenta project at Paris’s Grand Palais
Buren’s work Excentrique(s) features a canopy of coloured plastic circles held up by 1,500 black and white posts at approximately the minimum ceiling height allowed in Paris apartments.
The setting presents the artist with the challenge of filling a vast space under a belle époque glass and steel ceiling.
The focus of the project is on the use of light, which here is particularly remarkable,” - Buren
The light in the Grand Palais changes according to the weather.The circular panels were inspired by the building’s curves.Sound is also part of the show. Rotating speakers broadcast voices quietly
speaking numbers in 37 different languages.
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Vocabulary
Canopy: a cloth covering over a throne, bed, etc.
Inevitably: certain to happen; unavoidable.
Autonomous: the possession or right of self-
government.
Belle Époque: was a period in French history
that is conventionally dated as starting in 1890
and ending when World War I began in 1914.
Eccentric: unconventional and slightly strange.
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English French
canopy dais
inevitably inévitablement
autonomous autonome
beautiful era belle epoque
eccentric excentrique
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The Grand Palais was built in 3
years, from 1897 to 1900
Workforce on the construction
site in 1900 at its peak: 1,500
The flag flown over the building
measures 4 x 6 m
Total metal weight for the entire
Grand Palais: 8,500 metric tons
Working area: 72,000 m2
Nave floor space: 13 500 m2
Height: 45 m under the dome.
The Grand Palais Information
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Though the main gallery is now a designated site for displaying contemporary art, you'll see everything here from antique car shows to fashion extravaganzas from some of Paris's top designers.
What's Inside?
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Daniel BurenDaniel Buren (born 25 March 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French conceptual artist.