James Lee Byars. Exhibition announcements 1990s
(1) JLB: Biblioteca Nazionale, Firenze, Zona Archives, 1990. Chamois paper, folded in 4 parts to 5.6 x 5.5 cm. With colour portrait of the artist in the interior. (2-4) The Sleeping Beauty. Cologne, Galerie Michael Werner, 1991. Mailed envelope with folded poster and invitation card, 58 x 41.5 cm/ 9.3 x 12.5 cm. (5) JLB, IS IS. Knokke-Heist, Mulier Mulier Gallery, 1993. Envelope with printed exhibition information, 14 x 14 cm, housing a set of 2 two gold cardboard circles with black printed text 'IS' in the centre, diameter 12 cm. (6) JLB. Tokyo, Scai the Bathhouse/ Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc, 1993. Gold card printed black, verso white with black text, 14.8 x 10.2 cm. (7) Sonne, Mund, Sterne. Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1993. White glossy card with silkscreen printed grey text, 21.6 x 21.7 cm. Folded once.
(8) JLB. Brussels, Galerie Marie-Puck Broodthaers, 1993. White card with black text, 10.5 x 14.5 cm. (9) JLB. Marseille, L'Age Rouge de Marseille/ Centre de la Vieille Charité, 1993. Red card with black text, 15 x 15 cm. (10) Drawings (Moon-Eros). Tokyo, Scai the Bathhouse/ Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc, 1994. Grey card with gold embossed text and drawing on recto, black text on verso, 14.8 x 10.2 cm. (11) The Perfect Love. Santa Fe, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, 1994. White card with gold and black letterpress, 16.7 x 12.5 cm. (12) The Perfect Smile, 1994. Cologne, Forum Museum Ludwig/Wolfgang-Hahn- Preis, 1994. Black envelope with printed gold text housing a tiny black card with gold lettering THEPERFECTSMILE, 5 x 8 cm. (13) JLB. Cologne, Galerie Michael Werner, 1994. Mailed envelope with exhibition information and invitation card, 10.5 x 21 cm, printed black on white. (14) JLB, White Mass. Cologne, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, 1995. White card with embossed title and text in black, 15.2 x 11 cm. (15) JLB, The Monument to Language. Leeds, The Henry Moore Institute, 1996. Poster, 30 x 42 cm, folded to 30 x 21 cm. Offset printed in black and gold. (16) JLB. Krems Austria, Galerie Stadtpark, 1997. Curated by Guy Schraenen. Postcard, 10.5 x 15 cm, printed black on white stock, with drawing by JLB on front. Mailed copy. (total 16)