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Paris's Grand Palais

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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.

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What is Conceptual Art?