Largest Len Lye exhibition in NZ to date opens at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
From September 10, Len Lye will fill New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in the largest exhibition of his work presented in New Zealand to date.
A dazzling, choreographed mix of sound, light and movement, the exhibition Len Lye: All Souls Carnival includes many of Lye’s most iconic works as well as several that have not been seen in decades.
The thundering sounds of Lye’s 1977 sculpture Trilogy (A Flip and Two Twisters) will resonate through the Govett-Brewster and favourites Universe (1963-1976) and Blade (1959-1976) will be joined by a new reconstruction of Lye’s raucous sculpture Bell Wand.
Working largely in London and New York, Len Lye’s hand-painted ‘direct’ films and motorised steel sculptures have made him one of New Zealand’s most important and influential modern artists.
The exhibition Len Lye:All Souls Carnival takes its name from Lye’s 1957 film of the same name. Arguably Lye’s most kaleidoscopic and ambitious cinematic experiment, the film was originally presented at New York’s Carnegie Hall along with a live orchestral piece. Lye biographer and film scholar Roger Horrocks has restored the film with the assistance of the New Zealand Film Archive and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, which holds the original hand-painted material.
Len Lye: All Souls Carnival is at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery until 27 November 2011, as part of the REAL New Zealand Festival. Free entry
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