James Lee Byars (April 10, 1932, Detroit, Michigan – May 23, 1997, Cairo, Egypt)[1][2] was an American conceptual artist and performance artist specializing in installations and sculptures,[3] as well as a self-considered mystic.[4] He was best known for his use of personal esoteric motifs, and his creative persona that has been described as 'half dandified trickster and half minimalist seer'.[5]
Byars' notable performance works include The Death of James Lee Byars and The Perfect Smile, and in terms of multiple sculptures, the many letters he wrote that were composed as decorated sculptures.[6]
^Roberta Smith (30 May 1997). "James Lee Byars, 65, Creator Of Art That Lived in a Moment". The New York Times.
^Ken Johnson (June 19, 2014), The Man in the Gold Lamé Suit New York Times.
^Francis Morrone (20 September 2007). "Notes From a Young Artist". The New York Sun. Review of James Lee Byars: The Art of Writing at the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition principally comprises numerous letters or missives that the artist Byars sent to the MoMA curator Dorothy C. Miller beginning in 1959…
^"James Lee Byars. The Table of Perfect. 1989". MoMA. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
^"Exhibition preview: James Lee Byars, Milton Keynes | Art and design". The Guardian. April 4, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^Eleey, Peter (4 March 2005). "James Lee Byars". Frieze (89). Retrieved December 7, 2018.
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JamesLeeByars (2014) Solo show of JamesLeeByars at Réunion, Zürich. (co-curated with Andreas Wagner) The exhibition takes up a legend of Byars' 1978...
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January 9, 2012) Mike Kelley (October 13, 2013 - February 2, 2014) JamesLeeByars: 1/2 an Autobiography (June 15 – September 7, 2014) Maria Lassnig (March...
The performance attracted celebrities such as Björk, Orlando Bloom and James Franco who participated and received media coverage. Against the background...
(Suriname) Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (Ivory Coast) Daniel Buren (France) JamesLeeByars (US) Seni Camara (Senegal) Mike Chukwukelu (Nigeria) Francesco Clemente...
1975) May 22 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist (b. 1908) May 23 – JamesLeeByars, American artist (b. 1932) May 29 Jeff Buckley, American musician (b...
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artist Book by Eric Orr which also includes a multiple made of clay by JamesLeeByars; front and back boards of blue steel; "The Matter of O," a rubber-stamped...
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including Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Lee Bontecou, JamesLeeByars, Vija Celmins, Eva Hesse, Arshile Gorky, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth...
subsequent works during the 1980s. In 1973 he visited the U.S. with artist JamesLeeByars in search of the "other" America; the fruit of that journey was a series...
Wolfgang Hahn Prize has been awarded to the following artists: 1994 – JamesLeeByars 1995 – Lawrence Weiner 1996 – Günther Förg 1997 – Cindy Sherman 1998...
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