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The Long Dream of Waking : New Perspectives on Len Lye

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  • Author:
    BROBBEL Paul / CURNOW Wystan / HORROCKS Roger
  • ISBN:
    9781927145968
  • Publication Date:
    10/10/2017
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    224
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Canterbury University Press
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The Long Dream of Waking : New Perspectives on Len Lye
The Long Dream of Waking : New Perspectives on Len Lye

The Long Dream of Waking : New Perspectives on Len Lye

Regular price $49.99
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    BROBBEL Paul / CURNOW Wystan / HORROCKS Roger
  • ISBN:
    9781927145968
  • Publication Date:
    10/10/2017
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    224
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Canterbury University Press
  • Country of Publication:

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Recognised internationally as one of the twentieth century's great modernist innovators, New Zealand artist Len Lye is most famous for his avant-garde experimental films and for his astonishing and playful kinetic sculptures. Always fascinated by the interplay of movement and light, this extraordinary artist also expressed himself in photography, drawing, painting and poetry.
During his lifetime he was better known in the art capitals of North America and Europe than in the country of his birth, but that has changed since the establishment of the foundation dedicated to his works at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and particularly following the opening, in 2015, of the impressive and much-admired Len Lye Centre.
In this timely collection of essays, New Zealand and overseas writers consider Lye's assured place in modern art from a variety of fascinating and thought-provoking angles. He thought of his creations as emerging from the long dream of waking. And thanks to this richly illustrated collection of essays, we too can be drawn into his long dream and come to see his remarkable achievements through fresh eyes.

Featured in the 9 October 2017 New Zealand / Pasifika Newsletter.
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  • Recognised internationally as one of the twentieth century's great modernist innovators, New Zealand artist Len Lye is most famous for his avant-garde experimental films and for his astonishing and playful kinetic sculptures. Always fascinated by the interplay of movement and light, this extraordinary artist also expressed himself in photography, drawing, painting and poetry.
    During his lifetime he was better known in the art capitals of North America and Europe than in the country of his birth, but that has changed since the establishment of the foundation dedicated to his works at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and particularly following the opening, in 2015, of the impressive and much-admired Len Lye Centre.
    In this timely collection of essays, New Zealand and overseas writers consider Lye's assured place in modern art from a variety of fascinating and thought-provoking angles. He thought of his creations as emerging from the long dream of waking. And thanks to this richly illustrated collection of essays, we too can be drawn into his long dream and come to see his remarkable achievements through fresh eyes.

    Featured in the 9 October 2017 New Zealand / Pasifika Newsletter.
    To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.

Recognised internationally as one of the twentieth century's great modernist innovators, New Zealand artist Len Lye is most famous for his avant-garde experimental films and for his astonishing and playful kinetic sculptures. Always fascinated by the interplay of movement and light, this extraordinary artist also expressed himself in photography, drawing, painting and poetry.
During his lifetime he was better known in the art capitals of North America and Europe than in the country of his birth, but that has changed since the establishment of the foundation dedicated to his works at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and particularly following the opening, in 2015, of the impressive and much-admired Len Lye Centre.
In this timely collection of essays, New Zealand and overseas writers consider Lye's assured place in modern art from a variety of fascinating and thought-provoking angles. He thought of his creations as emerging from the long dream of waking. And thanks to this richly illustrated collection of essays, we too can be drawn into his long dream and come to see his remarkable achievements through fresh eyes.

Featured in the 9 October 2017 New Zealand / Pasifika Newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.