Art that Moves
The Work of Len Lye
Seiten
2009
Auckland University Press (Verlag)
978-1-86940-422-2 (ISBN)
Auckland University Press (Verlag)
978-1-86940-422-2 (ISBN)
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'Kinetic art is the first new category of art since prehistory', ex-pat New Zealand artist Len Lye boldly claimed in an essay in 1964. What did he mean by this? And how does his own work in sculpture and film bear it out?
First published in 2009, this lively art book will be re-released in 2015 alongside a new edition of the biography - as the art and life of Len Lye continue to fascinate readers in New Zealand and around the world. ""Kinetic art is the first new category of art since prehistory"", ex-pat New Zealand artist Len Lye boldly claimed in an essay in 1964. In Art that Moves: The Work of Len Lye, Roger Horrocks - author of a best-selling biography of Lye - explores what Lye meant by this, and how his own work in sculpture and film bore it out. ""My book is about an important artist and a big idea, Len Lye's idea that movement could become the basis for new forms of art. . . He believed that only a few of the possibilities of movement had so far been tapped. This book aims to explore what the world of art - and the world in general - may have looked like through the eyes of an artist whose passionate interest was 'the mystery of motion."" - Roger Horrocks.
The well-illustrated book also includes a DVD containing a short documentary by Shirley and Roger Horrocks alongside brilliant footage from Lye's films and of his sculptures in motion. In this book Len Lye's art moves again - alert and alive.
First published in 2009, this lively art book will be re-released in 2015 alongside a new edition of the biography - as the art and life of Len Lye continue to fascinate readers in New Zealand and around the world. ""Kinetic art is the first new category of art since prehistory"", ex-pat New Zealand artist Len Lye boldly claimed in an essay in 1964. In Art that Moves: The Work of Len Lye, Roger Horrocks - author of a best-selling biography of Lye - explores what Lye meant by this, and how his own work in sculpture and film bore it out. ""My book is about an important artist and a big idea, Len Lye's idea that movement could become the basis for new forms of art. . . He believed that only a few of the possibilities of movement had so far been tapped. This book aims to explore what the world of art - and the world in general - may have looked like through the eyes of an artist whose passionate interest was 'the mystery of motion."" - Roger Horrocks.
The well-illustrated book also includes a DVD containing a short documentary by Shirley and Roger Horrocks alongside brilliant footage from Lye's films and of his sculptures in motion. In this book Len Lye's art moves again - alert and alive.
Roger Horrocks is the former head of the department of film, television and media studies at the University of Auckland. He was Len Lye's assistant in 1980 (the last year of Lye's life) and is a member of the Len Lye Foundation. He is the author of Len Lye, the National Book Award (biography) finalist.
| Zusatzinfo | Includes DVD |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Auckland |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86940-422-X / 186940422X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86940-422-2 / 9781869404222 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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