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Joseph Byrd

American, born 1937

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Exhibitions

  • Peter Moore. Performance view of Trisha Brown and Steve Paxton in Brown’s *Lightfall*, Concert of Dance #4, January 30, 1963. © Barbara Moore/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Courtesy Paula Cooper, New York

    Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done

    September 16, 2018–February 3, 2019

    The Museum of Modern Art

  • Yoko Ono. *Cut Piece*. 1964. Performed by Yoko Ono in *New Works of Yoko Ono*, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, March 21, 1965. Photograph by Minoru Niizuma. Minoru Niizuma. Courtesy Lenono Photo Archive, New York

    Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971

    May 17–September 7, 2015

    The Museum of Modern Art

  • John Cage. *4′33″ (In Proportional Notation).* 1952/53. Ink on paper, each page: 11 × 8 1/2″ (27.9 × 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Henry Kravis in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis, 2012. © 2013 John Cage Trust

    There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4′33″

    October 12, 2013–June 22, 2014

    The Museum of Modern Art

3 works online

Various Artists, George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Anthony Cox, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Ding Dong, Henry Flynt, Simone Forti, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Robert Morris, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Terry Riley, Dieter Roth, James Waring, Emmett Williams, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young
An Anthology
1962

George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Anthony Cox, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Dennis Johnson, Ding Dong, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Robert Morris, Simone Forti
An Anthology
1963

George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Anthony Cox, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Dennis Johnson, Ding Dong, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Robert Morris, Simone Forti, Nam June Paik, Terry Riley, Dieter Roth, James Waring, Emmett Williams, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young
An Anthology of chance operations, concept art, anti art, indeterminacy, plans of action, diagrams, music, dance constructions, improvization, meaningless work, natural disasters, compositions, mathematics, essays, poetry
1963

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