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James Lee Byars

Life and work

Born on April 10, 1932 in Detroit.

Died on May 23, 1997 in Cairo.

 

Exhibitions (selection)

1958        
Papierskulpturenausstellung im Notausgang-Treppenhaus, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969        
„The World Question on Belgian TV", Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerpen

1970        
„The Gold Curb", The Metropolitan Museum, New York

1971        
„The Black Book", Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
   
1974        
„The Perfect Love Letter", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel

1978        
„The Perfect Kiss", University Art Museum, Berkeley
„The Exhibition of Perfect", Kunsthalle Bern

1980        
„The Exhibition of Perfect", Busch Reisinger Museum at Harvard, Cambridge/USA

1982    
„James Lee Byars im Westfälischen Kunstverein", Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster

1983    
„James Lee Byars“, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
„James Lee Byars“, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris

1984        
„The Perfect Death by James Lee Byars", Philadelphia Museum of Art

1986        
„The Spinning Oracle of Delphi", Delphi (1. Januar)
„The Perfect Death in Honour of Joseph Beuys by James Lee Byars", Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München
„James Lee Byars - Palast der Philosophie/The Philosophical Palace", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

1989        
„James Lee Byars. The Palace of Good Luck", Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin

1990        
„The Perfect Thought by James Lee Byars", Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

1992        
„James Lee Byars“, Magasin 3 - Stockholm Konsthall

1993        
„James Lee Byars", SCAI The Bathhouse, Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc., Tokio

1994    
„James Lee Byars. The Perfect Moment", IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia

1995        
„James Lee Byars. Perfect is my Death Word", Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen

1997        
„James Lee Byars. The Palace of Perfect", Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto

1998        
„James Lee Byars", The Arts Club of Chicago

1999        
„James Lee Byars. The Epitaph of Con. Art is which Questions have dissappeared", Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover

2000        
„James Lee Byars - Briefe an Joseph Beuys", Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
„The Treasures of James Lee Byars", Toyama Memorial House, Saitama

2004        
„Leben, Liebe und Tod: Das Werk von James Lee Byars", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
„James Lee Byars. The Pefect Silence", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
„James Lee Byars. Life, Love and Death", Les Musées de Strasbourg/Straßburg

2006        
„James Lee Byars. The Rest is Silence", Michael Werner Gallery / Mary Boone Gallery / Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York

2007        
„James Lee Byars: The Art of Writing”, The Museum of Modern Art,  New York

2008        
„I'm full of Byars’. James Lee Byars in Bern - eine Hommage”, Kunstmuseum Bern

2009        
„James Lee Byars Lived Here", Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Venedig
„James Lee Byars", Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton

2010        
„James Lee Byars – The Perfect Axis”, Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf

2012
„James Lee Byars", Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, CA

2013
„James Lee Byars. Early Works and the Angel", Michael Werner Gallery, London
„Il Palazzo Enciclopedico", 55. Biennale di Venezia, Venedig
„James Lee Byars. ½ An Autobiography", Museo Jumex, Mexico City

2014
„’UROBOROS’ - James Lee Byars encounters Leon Battista Alberti“, Museo Marino Marini, Florenz
„James Lee Byars. ½ An Autobiography", MOMA PS1, New York

2015
„Köln Skulptur #8", Skulpturenpark Köln
„James Lee Byars. The Diamond Floor", Michael Werner Gallery, London
„James Lee Byars. The Poetic Conceit and Other Works", VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin
„James Lee Byars. The Figure of Death and The Moon Column", Michael Werner Gallery, New York

2016
„James Lee Byars",  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
„James Lee Byars“, Neue & Alte Kunst Basel

2017

„The Golden Tower“, Campo San Vio, Venedig

2018
"James Lee Byars - The Perfect Kiss", Museum van Heedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen

2019
"James Lee Byars. The Palace of Perfect", Kewenig Galerie, Berlin
"James Lee Byars. Back in Detroit", Elaine L. Jacob Gallery at Wayne State University, Detroit
"James Lee Byars. Works 1974 - 1994", Michael Werner Gallery, London
"James Lee Byars", Michael Werner Gallery, New York

Exhibitions at Galerie Michael Werner
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