VTV Classics (r3): James Lee Byars Retrospective (2008)

James Lee Byars was one of the 20th Century's most unusual artists. Byars was born in 1932 in Detroit and died in 1997 in Cairo, Egypt. As he had a special affinity to Bern – in 1978 the Kunsthalle Bern showed a major solo exhibition of his works – the Kunstmuseum Bern organized a retrospective exhibition in honor of the artist in 2008. The show featured letters and documents, sculptures , room installations and films of his performances drawn from the museum's collection as well as from private and public collections. In this video we attend the opening reception on September 11, 2008. This is another film in our series of series of re-mastered and re-edited series of VernissageTV Classics (r3). It highlights the treasures of VernissageTV’s huge archive. Click here for the complete list of videos: https://vernissage.tv/category/series... Im full of Byars. James Lee Byars – A Homage. Kunstmuseum Bern, Vernissage, September 11, 2008. More videos on contemporary art, design, architecture: http://vernissage.tv Connect:   / vernissagetv     / vernissagetv   Browse our Archive: http://vernissage.tv/archive/posts/ Find Artists, Designers, Architects: http://vernissage.tv/archive/artists/ Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series "No Comment" and "Interviews", art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.