2007
Pasadena, Ca
Painted flags

Buren’s installations were site specific, which also means they were usually not permanent. Like this one, he did many short term art installations lasting only a few months and then taken down. This canopy consists of 2,268 colorful striped flags suspended over a square. The flags create an open ceiling over visitor’s heads with a rainbow of 10 colors striped vertically with white. As the flags flutter in the breeze as they cast shadows and designs onto the square below. Depending on weather and the viewers perspective, these flags will represent something different based on the context at which they are seen in.