
A White Paper Will Blow Through The Streets
A delicate sheet of thin laid paper serves as both medium and metaphor in James Lee Byars' offset lithograph, evoking the ephemeral and poetic nature of his conceptual practice. The work captures the transient, almost ghostly image of a white paper caught in motion, suspended between presence and absence. Byars transforms a simple, fleeting urban occurrence into a meditative object that questions the boundaries between art, language, and the everyday.
- Medium
- Offset lithograph, on thin laid paper, with full margins,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
April 21, 2015
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