Alberro, Alexander. “The Turn of the Screw: Daniel Buren, Dan Flavin, and the Sixth Guggenheim International Exhibition.” Bortolami Gallery. May 14, 2014. Accessed March 15, 2015. http://bortolamigallery.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/7788081.pdf?a13e11.
- This article goes into depth of Peinture-Sculpture, a piece from Daniel Buren that caused controversy at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. It provides information on the political and art cultural influences that eventually led to the removal of Buren’s work before the opening of the exhibition.
Alberro, Alexander, and Norma Alter. Staging the Political: Repetition, Difference, and Daniel Buren’s Cabanes Éclatées. Grey Room, 2010. 6-19.
- This journal explains Buren’s counter-architectural approach to his works in accordance to site specific designs promoting ephemeral quality. His Cabanes Eclatee was an example of this as he designed it for a certain gallery, and did not support them when they wanted to move it around to exhibit at other galleries. This journal also includes some of Buren’s original sketches of some of his works, which was helpful in understanding his thought process.
- This article provided Daniel Burens biography including his early life and his most note-worthy works. It also includes a timeline of all of his works, putting the amount of works his completed in a short amount of time into perspective.
- The Lisson Gallery website provided photos and information on Daniel Burens exhibitions at the gallery which provided context for all of Buren’s site specific work. It also has a biography of Daniel Buren which provided background information for my essay.
“Hermès Editeur – On-line Gallery – H2 Daniel Buren – The Project.” Accessed March 11, 2015. http://editeur-en.hermes.com/editions/h2-daniel-buren/photos-souvenirs-au-carre-2.html.
- This article is about Buren’s Photos-souvenirs au carré for the designer Hermes. Buren parted with Hermes to print his photographs on to the famous silk scarves of Hermes, and framed each picture with his iconic stripes. It explains collaboration history of Hermes and Buren, and the successful execution of the scarves they created.
Lelong, Guy, and David Radzinowicz. Daniel Buren. English-Language ed. Paris:Flammarion, 2002.
- This book examines the progression of Daniel Burens work. It explained Buren’s attempt to use stripes as a visual tool in many of his works that it showed including Peinture-Sculpture and Murs de Peintures.
McDermott, Emily. “Stripes Across The Decades.” Interview. March 7, 2015. http://bortolamigallery.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DB_Interview_March_20151.pdf?a13e11
- This was an interview conducted just a week ago between Emily McDermott and Daniel Buren. This provided insight into Daniel Buren’s current work and reflection on his old work. Buren explains his site-specific and stripe aesthetic and the development of that from his early years to today. He also talks about his lack of a studio even to this day and how this relates to his site-specific work.
Milliard, Coline. Daniel Buren. Vol. 23. Modern Painters, 2011. 50-54.
- This book explains Buren’s “in-situ” or site-specific way out executing his work. It also uses some of his own writings to explain his problem with gallery and museum culture.
- This article provided a sequential development of the Daniel Buren’s early life and works in the 60s and 70s. This included his begining of putting up striped paper around cities illegally, and ending with Peinture-Sculpture, his banned work in the Guggenheim Museum.
Terranova, Charissa. “Performing the Frame: Daniel Buren, Degree Zero Painting and a Politics of Beauty.” Stretcher. Accessed March 12, 2015.
- This article went into depth analyzing Buren’s political outlook and intentional rebellion against museum culture. It explains Buren’s feelings of commodization and creating a content through a context.