Daniel Buren Quote

Every act is political and, whether one is conscious of it or not, the presentation of one's work is no exception. Any production, any work of art is social, has a political significance. We are obliged to pass over the sociological aspect of the proposition before us due to lack of space and consideration of priority among the questions to be analysed.


"Beware!" ("Mise en garde!"), in Konzeption/Conception, translated by Charles Harrison and Peter Townsend (Leverkusen: Stadtischer Museum, 1969.

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Every act is political and, whether one is conscious of it or not, the presentation of one's work is no exception. Any production, any work of art is ...

Every act is political and, whether one is conscious of it or not, the presentation of one's work is no exception. Any production, any work of art is ...

Every act is political and, whether one is conscious of it or not, the presentation of one's work is no exception. Any production, any work of art is ...

Every act is political and, whether one is conscious of it or not, the presentation of one's work is no exception. Any production, any work of art is ...