Artist Daniel Buren returns to Pasadena

Internationally celebrated artist Daniel Buren returns to Pasadena with a large-scale site-specific artwork in the One Colorado Courtyard. Buren’s installation, A Rainbow in the Sky, will consist of 2,268 colorful striped flags suspended and hovering like an open “ceiling” overhead.

The 42 rows of flags will span a 61 square foot area above the courtyard, featuring 10 distinct colors. The installation is free and open to the public.

The artist was inspired to create a new work in the One Colorado Courtyard following the critical success of his 2007 artwork A Colored Square in the Sky, which was presented in the same location. One of France’s most famous contemporary artists, Buren is the creator of work such as the internationally acclaimed Les colonnes de Buren sculpture (titled by Buren as Les deux plateaux) in the Cour d’Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris.

A Rainbow in the Sky is presented by One Colorado, Armory Center for the Arts, and FLAX, a Los Angeles-based foundation dedicated to fostering a better understanding of France through public and cultural art events.

The One Colorado Courtyard is located between Fair Oaks, Colorado Boulevard, Union Street and Delacey in Old Pasadena. Use Memorial Park station on the Metro Gold Line.

For more information, call 626.564.1066 or visit www.Onecolorado.com.

This artwork is a part of the Armory’s 20th anniversary exhibition, Installations Inside/Out, organized by curators Jay Belloli and Sinéad Finnerty-Pyne. Additional support for off-site Armory exhibitions is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. For more information, visit www.Armoryarts.org.