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James Lee Byars: The Perfect Audience
Sentences on a Hat
James Lee Byars at The Giant Soluble Man, 1967; performance on 53rd Street, New York. Photo: Taki Sachiko.
James Lee Byars: Two in a Hat, 1968; performance at Architectural League, New York.
James Lee Byars and Joseph Beuys during a performance at the opening of the exhibition of the Speck Collection, Krefeld, Germany, 1982. Photo: Benjamin Katz.
James Lee Byars: The Poet of the Gondola, 1986; performance at the 42nd Venice Biennale. Photo: Heinz-Günther Mebusch.
I HAVE 150 HATS
IS A HALO A HAT?
A GOOD FELT HAT GETS SOFTER AS IT GETS OLDER
WHAT DID DA VINCI SAY ABOUT HATS?
WHAT’S IN A HAT?
IT WAS THE CUSTOM IN DOROTHY MILLER’S GENERATION FOR ANYONE SEEN WEARING A HAT AFTER SEPT. 1 FOR IT TO BE SNATCHED OFF AND STOMPED BY ANY OTHER WITH ONLY THE POLITE RESPONSE OF “THANK YOU” GIVEN BY THE OWNER
WHY DO MEN TAKE OFF THEIR HATS TO LADIES?
WHAT IS A THINKING HAT?
I WENT TO EDGAR ALLEN POE SCHOOL AND MR. DRACULA, MY ENGLISH TEACHER, HAD ME RECITE “HATS OFF”
These are among the Sentences on a Hat compiled in an artist’s book by James Lee Byars, whose whimsical Conceptual work is currently featured in Gallery C. Always dapper, the artist was rarely photographed without a hat of some sort. In addition to artist’s books, James Lee Byars: The Perfect Audience includes a selection of performance stills (featuring Byars in his many hats), mail art, ephemera, and a newly restored film of the artist in performance in Bern, Switzerland.
Stephanie Cannizzo
Curatorial Associate
