Len Lye Moon Bead 1968. Photo Bryan James
Exhibition
4 Aug — 18 Nov 2018
Len Lye: Heaven and Earth
Although well-known for the thrilling and sublime engineering of his kinetic sculpture, Lye’s passion for movement – across a variety of media that included film and painting too – went hand in hand with the seductive energies of the natural world.
Len Lye Moon Bead 1968. Photo Bryan James
Len Lye Fire Bush 1961, 2007 reconstruction. Photo Bryan James
Len Lye Storm King 1964, 1997 reconstruction. Photo Bryan James
This exhibition explores the environments that inspired Lye’s sense of wonder, from the crashing waves of his New Zealand childhood to the marvels of the heavens, both the scientific and mythic.
Len Lye at University of California Berkeley 1966
Curated by Paul Brobbel and Michelle Wang
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Popular works like Storm King and Particles in Space feature in Heaven and Earth alongside rarely seen works from the Len Lye Foundation Collection including Rain Tree and Moonbead.
Len Lye Particles in Space 1980, film still. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation. From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Digital version by Park Road Post Production and Weta Digital Ltd.
Len Lye Particles in Space 1980, film still. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation. From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Digital version by Park Road Post Production and Weta Digital Ltd.
Len Lye Particles in Space 1980, film still. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation. From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Digital version by Park Road Post Production and Weta Digital Ltd.
