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James Lee Byars 1932-1997 Born in Detroit, USA. The work of the American artist James Lee Byars can impossibly be categorised into a specif
Panamarenko, Jan Fabre, Vaast Colson, James Lee Byars, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Filliou, Jacques Lizène, Andrei Monastyrski, Hamlet Hovsepi
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"... They cannot be reduced. They’re not representable. The claim of the complexity of their design is irreducible. They never give the impre
Stone and Paper 1958–1967 New York / Kyoto Byars’s earliest works were mostly large, minimal ink drawings and paintings on paper, ritually u
After returning from Kyoto in 1967 Byars designed plural or participatory garments, such as his Friendship Dress (1968) and A Banana for Five
In the early 1970s, Byars’s overriding interest was the idea of the question. As he wrote in a letter to Isi Fiszman: ‘If the critical questi
Byars wrote letters day and night, and they have become an important part of his artistic legacy. The first time they were exhibited was in t
At documenta 5 in 1972 Byars appeared on the roof of Museum Fridericianum, calling German names through a golden megaphone to the audience be
Met eerst The Perfect Love Letter is to Write I Love You Backwards in the Air en The Perfect Kiss in 1974 in Brussel maakt ‘de vraag’ in het
In 1969, Byars wrote 1/2 an Autobiography while seated on a chair in Wide White Space Gallery. This was a collection of disparate sentences,
The M HKA holds works on permanent loan that were acquired with the budget of the Vlaamse Commissie voor Beeldende Kunst (Flemish Visual Art
The ephemeral, the circle and perfection are three perpetual reccuring 'elements' in the versatile oeuvre of James Lee Byars. These 'aspects'
Cross-overs between various levels of reality – dream, vision, utopia – fascinated many artists during the 1960s and ’70s. Their work reveals
The international renowned American artist James Lee Byars has a remarkable relationship with the M HKA. From the seventies onward he worked
Since the end of May 2002, the M HKA has strayed from the beaten track of museum catalogues. The M HKA does not consider a systematic thereof
The M HKA’s contemporary art collection has grown thanks to a combination of acquisitions, donations and long-term loans from various public
