Leaflet dated 1st January 1967, published for the XVIIIe Salon de la Jeune Peinture (Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris) - distributed as invitation to the exhibition opening the 3th January, "Salon de la Jeune Peinture", Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris. In the exhibition room a soundtrack is played in French, English and Spanish: "Buren, Mosset, Parmentier et Toroni vous conseillent de devenir intelligents": it's the first of four Manifestations organisez by the artists. The declaration was spread to press and galerists before the event.

Author(s): Daniel Buren Michel Parmentier Niele Toroni Olivier Mosset

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Language : French

Medium : Leaflet, Performance

Original edition of the manifesto: Leaflet dated 1st January 1967, published for the XVIIIe Salon de la Jeune Peinture (Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris) - distributed as invitation to the exhibition opening the 3th January, "Salon de la Jeune Peinture", Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris. In the exhibition room a soundtrack is played in French, English and Spanish: "Buren, Mosset, Parmentier et Toroni vous conseillent de devenir intelligents": it's the first of four Manifestations organisez by the artists. The declaration was spread to press and galerists before the event.

Where can we find this manifesto? Quoted in Buren, Daniel, Les Écrits, (1965-1990), tome I : 1965-1976, p. 21. Antje Kramer (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècles, BeauxArtséditions, 2011, pp. 234-237

Link(s) to the manifesto:

Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto Antje Kramer (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècles, BeauxArtséditions, 2011, pp. 234-237; Hervé-Pierre Lambert, "Posthumain, bioart, Internet et manifestes", dans L'art qui manifeste, sous la direction de Anne Larue. Paris, Harmattan, p. 98.

Editorial comments: "Puisque….Nous ne sommes pas peintres. Constatez-le, le 3 janvier 1967, 11, avenue du Président Wilson.