Daniel Buren (b. 1938) is widely considered one of the most important conceptual artists working today. Using his trademark vertical stripes and mirrored surfaces, Buren's provocative spatial interventions have transformed a variety of sites, including streets, stairways, trains, parks, plazas, markets, theaters, bridges, storefronts, galleries, and museums all over the world. Buren first began working with the striped awning canvas that has become his signature motif in 1965; operating as a neutral sign for the practice of art, this “visual tool” works to expose the conditions surrounding its own exhibition while providing new experiences of space, movement, and perception within existing sites. For the Guggenheim Museum, the French-born Buren will create a site-determined installation in the main rotunda, directly addressing the space and architecture of the well-known Frank Lloyd Wright spiral and its function as a space for viewing.