Press conference on Tue 1 March 10am: Daniel Buren: Going for a Walk in a Zigzag

The exhibition will be introduced to the media on Tuesday, 1 March, at 10.00 am (Finnish time). The media event will be hosted simultaneously online and in-person at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art.

At the event, Daniel Buren will be interviewed by the exhibition’s curators Arja Miller, Chief Curator at EMMA and Simon Friese, Director of the Creator Projects. The event will be in English.  

You can follow the streaming of the event on Zoom  via this link. Members of the media will have the opportunity to present questions via live stream chat.  

Daniel Buren will grant interviews both online and in-person at EMMA in week 8 and 9. Please address further inquiries, requests for interviews and registrations to the following address/number by Friday 25 February: iris.suomi@emmamuseum.fi tel.044 7601930. 

Daniel Buren: Going for a Walk in a Zigzag 2.3.–17.7.2022

Daniel Buren (b. 1938) is a French artist whose oeuvre has revolved around the themes of transience, site specificity, and the boundary-pushing critique of art institutions in a career now spanning six decades. Buren is famous for his practice of using 8.7 cm-wide vertical stripes as a visual tool to reveal hidden aspects of familiar spaces. 

The centrepiece of the EMMA exhibitionis a unique, expansive in situ piece called Les Paravents (Folding Screens). Buren will offer visitors an unprecedented experience by inviting them to step inside a zig-zagging maze and immerse themselves in an endless play of colour and reflections. The piece draws inspiration from the museum’s open, horizontal space and its 100-metre-wide window. Alongside this new site-specific work, the exhibition will offer an overview of classic works from throughout Buren’s extensive career. The exhibition will also spill outside the walls of the museum with a line-up of open-air events and attractions.