James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss

The book contains more than 180 images of Byars’s performances, installations, sculptures and letters. It documents and analyses the key ideas of his practice, all conceived between 1969 and 1976 when he was closely associated with the Belgian art scene. The title for the book refers to one of Byars’s best-known performances, staged in Antwerp, for which he kissed the air. It was through Wide White Space that Byars first met his fellow artists, friends and collaborators Marcel Broodthaers and Joseph Beuys. Published on the occasion of James Lee Byars exhibition from October 2018 -to January 2019 at M HKA, Antwerp.