1 MAY until 1 AUG 2026
Opening – 1 MAY 2026, 6-9 pm

For Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, Konrad Fischer Galerie presents new works by the internationally renowned French artist Daniel Buren (b. 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt). Since developing his characteristic 8.7 cm-wide vertical stripes in the 1960s, Buren has created a distinctive visual language. His site-specific, serially based practice continuously explores the relationship between the artwork, its surroundings, and the viewer.

The collaboration between Daniel Buren and Konrad Fischer Galerie began in 1969 with the artist’s first solo exhibition in Düsseldorf. At that time, the exhibition space extended far beyond the walls of the gallery: Buren installed his blue-and-white striped works at public sites throughout the city. His works appeared not only inside the gallery, but also on streets, on flags outside the Kunsthalle, and on advertising pillars along Prinz-Georg-Straße, raising fundamental questions about the boundaries between art, context, and perception. Buren works in situ, meaning that his exhibitions are never defined solely by the artworks themselves. Rather, the relationship between the work and its exhibition space remains an integral part of his artistic practice.

Marking the artist’s first presentation in the gallery’s building on Neue Grünstraße, Buren presents a new series of large-scale circular mirror surfaces, each measuring over two meters in diameter and merging with recurring  elements of his oeuvre. Their reflective surfaces capture the building’s architecture, the gallery’s interior, and the visitors alike, turning all three into active components of the artwork. We are particularly pleased that the façade of the gallery will also be included in the installation, emphasizing Buren’s ongoing interest in the dialogue between art and its environment.

As in his earlier works, serial variation remains a central principle, inviting visitors to consider how repetition and formal reduction can lead to infinite visual diversity.