Len Lye, <i>Witch Dance</i>, 1965 (2016 reconstruction)
Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Photo: Mark Dwyer

Len Lye, Witch Dance, 1965 (2016 reconstruction)
Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Photo: Mark Dwyer

Len Lye Curator Tour

  • Sun 11 Jul 2021
  • 11AM—12PM
  • Len Lye Centre
  • Gallery 5 and Gallery 6
  • Free Entry
  • All welcome

To celebrate Len Lye's 120th Birthday on the 5th July, join the Len Lye Curator for a walk and talk through our current Len Lye exhibitions, Tangibles: 1963 - 1969 and Wand Dance.

The tour will be followed by a birthday surprise for attendees to enjoy!⁠

Tangibles: 1963-1969
Tangibles: 1963-1969 is the second of two exhibitions presenting a chronological overview of Lye’s kinetic sculpture. 
This exhibition presents some of Lye’s most well-known and acclaimed tangibles, Universe and Storm King with lesser known examples such as the recently reconstructed Wand Dance and Albatross.

Wand Dance 
One of Len Lye’s most captivating projects returns. 
The recently reconstructed Wand Dance presents seven Bell Wands swaying, shaking and shimmying in a group composition – a tell-tale sign of Lye's mind at work where bigger is often better. Walking among the seven wands, you will experience one of Lye's most absorbing projects, surrounded by his dancing figures as if inside a dance itself.

<i>Tangibles: 1963-1969</i> installation view, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, 2021. Len Lye Foundation Collection. Image Bryan James.

Tangibles: 1963-1969 installation view, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, 2021. Len Lye Foundation Collection. Image Bryan James.

Len Lye, <i>Wand Dance</i>, 2019
Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Photo: Bryan James

Len Lye, Wand Dance, 2019
Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Photo: Bryan James

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