A sumptuous display of Byars' mystical sculptures and installations, including the gilded tower displayed at the Venice Biennale American artist James Lee Byars (1932-97) combined motifs from Eastern cultures, such as Noh theater and Zen Buddhism, with the ideologies of Western philosophy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, this catalog presents a wide selection of emblematic works that blend geometric forms with precious materials such as marble, velvet, fine wood and gold ...
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A sumptuous display of Byars' mystical sculptures and installations, including the gilded tower displayed at the Venice Biennale American artist James Lee Byars (1932-97) combined motifs from Eastern cultures, such as Noh theater and Zen Buddhism, with the ideologies of Western philosophy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, this catalog presents a wide selection of emblematic works that blend geometric forms with precious materials such as marble, velvet, fine wood and gold leaf. It delves into Byars' practice through detailed entries on the works on display written by the scholar Sarah Kislingbury, illustrated by a wide selection of historical images. The volume includes an essay by curator Jordan Carter on the relationship between Byars' works and performances, a text by curator Alexandra Munroe on the artist's correspondence in the context of the Fluxus aesthetic and an essay by art historian Shinobu Sakagami on Byars' relationship with Japanese culture.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 155 pages illustrations 32 in color. Minor rubbing and wear to the covers and edges now protected with a Mylar cover. Foreword by Jacquelynn Baas. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley CA April 18-June 24, 1990 and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX September 8-October 28, 1990. Notes Toward a Biography by James Elliott. Bibliography.
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(BYARS, JAMES LEE). Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery Staff. JAMES LEE BYARS. Santa Monica, CA & New York: Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery, 1988. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket-As Issued. np (28pp), full edge gilt, 5 color illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with an exhibition of five new sculptures: "The Figure Of Question Is In The Room", "The Door For Innocence", "This And This", "The Conscience", and "The Golden Book" by the late, idiosyncratic Conceptual practitioner James Lee Byars that traveled from the Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery in New York to Santa Monica's Hoffman Borman Gallery. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies (whose exquisite production values cost the galleries $80.00 per book) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-941863-04-2 Inventory Number: 023952.