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It's not the first time criticism has been fielded at Buren, who has previous examples in his 40-year career of sparsely endowing vast expanses.
His most famous permanent work in situ at Paris' Palais-Royal, triggered a national outcry in the 1980s during the two years of its creation.
Filling the entire courtyard of the famous 17th century palace, a stone's throw from the Louvre museum, Buren installed dozens of short black and white columns (again, with his signature stripes), with some standing no taller than stumps.
Critics said Buren had defaced national heritage.
In the ensuing outrage, the fencing around the construction site was covered in graffiti and there were even threats to destroy Buren's work.
It caused a halt to the project, which was eventually completed in 1986.
Twenty five years on, and the columns have since gone on to become a sort of national treasure, the marble stumps now affectionately called "The Buren Columns."
Buren reflected on any hiccups in the making of his 2012 work.
"Ah no, we were lucky there were no problems in the making of this installation, so we ran on time!" he admitted, jovially.
Humor is a tool well-suited to weather many a storm in the fickle world of art, as Buren demonstrates well.
When asked for the artistic reasoning behind his narrow choice of colors, journalists chuckled: the company that manufactured them "only had four."
"Daniel Buren, MONUMENTA 2012" runs May 10 to June 21 at Paris' Grand Palais.
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