Suzanne Pagé, artistic director of the Vuitton Foundation in Paris: "The art of a very old soul"
“My entire professional life, and at all its stages from the very beginning of the 1970s (then in its beginnings too) until today, is punctuated by our dialogues, through exhibitions, collections and" Meetings " at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM) of course, but also at the Vuitton Foundation. His first exhibition in Venice: I was a commissioner for France and he had chosen the
Prisons
while Buren was at the Pavilion. For me it was unforgettable.
His art, that of a very old soul, was first of all EMOTION drawn from the depths of his childhood and war, more secret and from which he did not emerge until very late, but also of abysmal psychic depth. We were talking about it for our own reasons. Annette (
Messenger, his wife and the great artist, editor's note
) got out of it in a decisive way.
Inseparable, this couple was that of very dear friends.
I also liked his great generosity (everything we did together with Father Beneteau
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