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Buren had his first important solo exhibition at the Galleria Apollinaire in Milan in 1968, where he blocked a glass door, the only entrance to the gallery, with a striped support.

He has since installed his environmental installations worldwide.

By the 1970s and 1980s he was exhibiting in Europe, America and Japan.

Buren wished to take part in Harald Szeemann's exhibition " When Attitudes Become Form ", in Bern in 1969, without being invited.

Two of the contributing artists offered him space, but instead Buren set about covering billboards in the city with his stripes.

He was arrested and had to hightail it out of Switzerland.

In 1971, Buren devised a banner, 20 by 10 metres, with white and blue stripes on both sides to be hung at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in a big international group show, conceived to encourage artists to exploit the building's space.

Other artists, including Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, protested that the banner blocked views across the rotunda, compromising their works.

Buren, in turn, said Flavin's fluorescent lights colored his banner.

The night before the opening the banner was removed.

Buren was later invited to participate in the Documentas 5-7 ( 1972 – 1982 ).