Saturday, January 10, 2015

James Lee Byars and a Dozen Facts




“This biographical statement was distributed for the Byar’s performance which took place in Nov. of 1967 for the opening of the “Made with Paper” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts. The performance consisted of large stripes of water soluble paper being laid down on West 53rd St. (between 5th and 6th Ave; requiring the block to be closed off) in the form of a man. To conclude the performance two NYC sanitation trucks drove over the paper man turning it into foamy suds.”

- David Senior, Moma Librarian

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