Biografie von James Lee BYARS (1932-1997)

Personal data


Birth : 1932 - Detroit MI Michigan, United States
Death : 1997 - Cairo, Egypt
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation

Works

Red Angel of Marseille
Date of creation : 1993
Medium : Installation
Materials : glass
Process : painting
Size : 11 x 1100 x 900 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2006

The Rest is Silence
Mary Boone Gallery – New York NY, United States
2006

2004

Life, Love and Death
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
12/10/2004 – 03/13/2005

2002

The Angel
Timothy Taylor Gallery – London, United Kingdom
03/18/2002 – 05/03/2002

2001

Four Early Drawings and a Black Figure on the Floor
Michael Werner Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001

Galerie Er Rashid – Düsseldorf, Germany
08/25/2001 – 09/24/2001

1996

The Angel
Michael Werner Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/10/1996

1995

James Lee Byars
Michael Werner Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/16/1995 – 10/21/1995

Perfect is my death word
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen – Bremen, Germany
08/25/1995 – 11/26/1995

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Kewenig Galerie – Kewenig Galerie Appellhofplatz 21 – Cologne, Germany

2003

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie de France – 52, rue de la Verrerie – Paris, France

KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Galerie Rackey – Hauptstrasse 40c – Bad Honnef, Germany

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Timothy Taylor Gallery – 24 Dering street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Michael Werner – Gertrudenstrasse 24-28 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Low – 9052 Santa Monica Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States

2001

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Michael Werner – Gertrudenstrasse 24-28 – Cologne, Germany

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie de France – 52, rue de la Verrerie – Paris, France

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Walter Bischoff Galerie – Schreiberstr. 22 – Stuttgart, Germany

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Michael Werner – Gertrudenstrasse 24-28 – Cologne, Germany

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie de France – 52, rue de la Verrerie – Paris, France

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Jule Kewenig – Mauritius Str. 102-104 – Frechen, Germany


Group exhibitions

2003

Louise Bourgeois, James Lee Byars – Il disparut dans le silence total
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/15/2003 – 03/31/2003

2002

L’Herbier et le Nuage
MAC’s Grand-Hornu – Musée des Arts Contemporains – Hornu, Belgium
09/15/2002 – 01/05/2003

Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres, and Inflatable Structure
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art – Scottsdale AZ, United States
05/25/2002 – 09/15/2002

Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres, and Inflatable Structure
AXA Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/30/2002 – 04/13/2002

2001

SITE Santa Fe’s Fourth International Biennial – Beau Monde : Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
07/14/2001 – 01/06/2002

1999

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

1998

Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979
MOCA at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1998

1997

Is There STILL LIFE ?
Kent Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/06/1997 – 10/18/1997

1996

Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art 2
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1996

The World Over/De Wereld Bollen: Art in the Age of Globalisation
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/07/1996 – 08/11/1996

1995

Temporarily Possessed
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
09/15/1995 – 12/17/1995

1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2001

Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373


Exhibition catalogues

1999

La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X

1995

Perfect is my death word
Publisher: Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen – Teerhof 20 – Bremen, Germany
1995
ISBN : 3-928761-24-2


Periodicals

2001

GALLOWAY David – James Lee Byars, Er Rashid
in: ARTnews p. 129
New York NY, United States
12/2001

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