work, I love the theatre of it. Byars also showed fascination in predicting his own death and others' deaths. Exhibitions Solo exhibitions include: 1961 Willard Gallery, New York, NY 1964 1 by 50 Foot Drawing, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 1967 The Giant Man of Water Soluble Paper and Dissolved on 53rd Street, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY 1968 Participatory Events with Communal Garments, The Architectural League of New York, New York 1970 The Gold Curb, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1971 The Black Book, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, West Germany 1974 The Perfect Love Letter, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium 1975 The Perfect Kiss, Pavilion Denon, Musėe de Louvre, Paris, France 1977 The First Total Interrogative Philosophy, Stădtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, West Germany 1978 The Perfect Kiss, University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 1980 The Exhibition of Perfect, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1981 The Perfect Kiss, The Perfect Cheek, The Perfect Fragrance, Foundation de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1983 Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1983 Musėe d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France 1984 The Perfect Quiet, ICA, Boston, MA 1985 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, West Germany 1985 Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY 1986 James Lee Byars - Palast der Philosophie/The Philosophical Palace, Kunsthalle Dűsseldorf, Dűsseldorf, West Germany 1988 Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY 1989 Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY 1989 James Lee Byars - The Palace of Good Luck, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy 1990 The Perfect Thought, University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 1990 The Perfect Thought, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX 1992 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 1993 Sonne, Mond und Sterne, Wűrttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany 1994 Graphische Răume Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany 1994 James Lee Byars - The Perfect Moment, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain 1995 Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, France 1996 The Monument of Language - James Lee Byars, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England 1997 James Lee Byars - The Palace of Perfect, Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal 1998 James Lee Byars - Four Early Drawings and a Black Figure on the Floor, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY 1998 The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2001 Letters to Joseph Beuys, Museum fur Kommunikation, Frankfurt, Germany 2003 The Moon Books: Above and Below, An Exhibition of James Lee Byars, Michael