| Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye [With DVD] Contributor(s): Horrocks, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 186940422X ISBN-13: 9781869404222 Publisher: Auckland University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: A companion to the author's bestselling biography of Len Lye, this compelling volume shifts the focus from Lye's life to his art practice and innovative aesthetic theories about "the art of motion," which continue to be relevant today. Going beyond a general introduction to Lye and his artistic importance, this in-depth book offers a detailed study of his aesthetics of motion, analyzing how these theories were embodied in his sculptures and films. Thoroughly researched and fully illustrated, this unique set also includes a DVD featuring Lye's films, kinetic sculptures, and interviews with the artist himself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Sculpture & Installation - Art | Digital - Art | Australian & Oceanian |
| Dewey: 709.2 |
| LCCN: 2010398072 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.6" W x 9.3" (2.00 lbs) 257 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |