The Palais Royal and Mr Buren of Paris !!!

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I ,again, found nice pictures in my cd rom vault and they should be in my blog for you and me, This is one of the emblems of my eternal Paris ,yet remains in the off the beaten path to many, do not know why, The Palais Royal sits in an area that I passed by for several years as worked nearby! This is one to be seen more and glad I did. Let me tell you about the Palais Royal and Mr Buren of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

In the courtyard of the Palais Royal have been installed since 1986, the columns of Buren.It is a place today frequented by Parisians and their families and by the many tourists The Palais Royal or Royal Palace is a set of monuments, palaces, garden galleries, theater, high place in the history of France and Parisian life, where the show has always been present. Built by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1628 The Royal Palace and its gardens served as residence for royal families until the construction of the Palace of Versailles.

Les Deux Plateaux, commonly known as Colonnes de Buren or Buren’s Columns, is a work of art by Daniel Buren, created with the assistance of Patrick Bouchain in the Cour d’honneur of the Palais-Royal in Paris. The work, which occupies 3,000 m2 of the courtyard, consists of a 13 x 20 = 260 truncated columns of white marble with black and white stripes, each with a single width of 8.7 cm. The cylinders are dynamically introduced into this space, with three heights varying from 8.7 to 62 cm. Daniel Buren intended to reduce the artist’s gesture to a minimum by presenting striped canvases, a standard fabric commonly used for blinds, which he bought in his youth at the Saint-Pierre market in Montmartre. The installation is made of Carrara marble and white and black marble from the Pyrenees, which are considered the noblest materials for sculpture and are a reference to ancient statuary.The work is designed as a work in two planes: the first “plateau” at the level of the court is formed by the summits aligned with columns located in the central space; The second “plateau” in the basement consists of three dug trenches in which columns of equal height have been placed. Their gradual depression shows the slope of the basement on which a body of water reflects visually and in a sound, the upper level. each mesh band is installed a red or green luminescent nail. The trenches are illuminated by blue diodes placed under the grid. In November 2008, the renovation began: The surface covering simple asphalt was completely redone, the water circulation network and the fountain system were completely redone, the electrical installation, a short circuit, was renovated. A new lighting system, completely recessed, was installed on the surface.

Pol Bury’s two horizontal fountains with slowly moving metal balls were installed in 1985 on the forecourt of the Cour d’Orléans, between the Constitutional Council and the Ministry of Culture in Paris, at roughly the same time as Daniel Buren’s columns. Pol Bury, a Belgian artist born in 1922 in Wallonia and deceased in October 2005, joined the Hainaut Surrealist group in 1939 and settled in France in 1961. He installed fountains at the University of Iowa (1969), the Maeght Foundation (1978), and the Seoul Olympic Games (1988), also designing gigantic works, such as magnetic drums on which 12,000 marbles drift (1971) or, as at the FIAC 1999 (Louis-Carré Gallery), a fountain composed of fourteen polished steel spheres. Pol Bury’s Spherades, kinetic fountains nestled in the heart of the Palais Royal, emit a fluid song, a murmur of the waves mixed with the clicking of metal and the creaking of the clockwork.

In this unique place, three centuries of architecture intertwine. The original buildings of the Palais Royal were built for Cardinal Richelieu by the architect Lemercier, who also designed the Sorbonne. It was not until 1634 that the main building facing the Louvre became a royal residence during the Regency of Anne of Austria. The Orléans family moved in from 1661. The building, remodeled in the 18-19C, experienced turbulent times, becoming a hotbed of prostitution and gambling before returning to tranquility. Today, a haven of peace and history, the Palais Royal attracts many tourists but also Parisians who enjoy the walk and regularly visit the Comédie Française, the Palais Royal theater, or the restaurant with its listed decor, the Grand Véfour.

The Paris tourist office on the Domain National du Palais Royal :https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/domaine-national-du-palais-royal-p991

The official Daniel Buren on the columns : https://www.danielburen.com/images/artwork/1208

There you go folks another sublime monument of my eternal Paris, so much beauty all around you , and this Palais Royal is one of them, a masterpiece of France. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Palais Royal and Mr Buren of Paris !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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