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Art that moves : the work of Len Lye / Roger Horrocks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horrocks, Roger.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artists--New Zealand--Biography.
- Artists.
- Experimental films--New Zealand.
- Experimental films.
- Kinetic sculpture--New Zealand.
- Kinetic sculpture.
- Lye, Len, 1901-1980.
- Lye, Len.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- one Precedents
- two Len Lye: A Kinetic Biography
- three The Art of Motion
- four The Films
- five The Sculptures
- six Len Lye Today: Conserving, Restoring and Building Kinetic Art
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Len Lye Resources
- Index
- Copyright Page
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 2, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-86940-797-0
- 1-77558-506-9
- OCLC:
- 868919965
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