DEEDS CALENDAR: James Lee Byars ”Perfect is the Question” in Retiro-Park, Velázquez-Palace | 10.05-01.09.2024
Dedicated to one of the most enigmatic and striking figures in 20th century art, this exhibition brings together a significant group of works by James Lee Byars (Detroit, Michigan, 1932 – Cairo, 1997) that reveal his profound engagement with all that transcends the boundaries of logic. Byars’ visual and performative language, which moves between mysticism, spirituality and physicality, includes sculptures, installations, performances, drawings, the spoken word and the organisation of his own exhibitions, which are conceived as installations.
WHEN?
Exhibition dates:
Friday, 10 May to Sunday, 01 September 2024
Opening hours:
Open every day of the week
April – September from 10:00 – 22:00
WHERE?
Venue Parque del Retiro. Palacio de Velázquez and Palacio de Cristal.
P.º de Cuba, 4, Retiro, 28009 Madrid
COST?
Free entry
Image above: JAMES LEE BYARS Red Angel of Marseille, 1993 1000 red crystal balls FNAC 99316, AM 2000-DEP 37, Centre national des arts plastiques. Deposited at the Centre national d’art et de culture-Georges Pompidou, Paris. From the estate of James Lee Byars. Courtesy of Galerie Michael Werner, New York, London and Berlin. View of the exhibition ”Perfect is the Question” in the Palacio de Velázquez. May 2024 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Photographic archive of the Museo Reina Sofía.
