Paperback. '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? In Art That moves: The Work of Len Lye Roger Horrocks, author of the best-selling 2001 biography of Lye, explores these questions. He describes the forerunners of this 'art that moves', then discusses in detail Lye's life and career as a kinetic artist, how he developed and envisioned his 'tangible motion sculptures' and how many of these are being realised only now, after his death. Lye himself wrote extensively about kinetic art; one chapter focuses on his theories about 'the art of motion', and relates these back to his practice as an artist. Horrocks concludes by discussing how Lye's ideas can be applied to other work and how they are relevant today. Art That Moves includes a DVD containing a short documentary by Shirley and Roger Horrocks, four complete Len Lye films and footage of his sculptures in motion. Len Lye's art moves again - alert and alive - in this well-illustrated book and its accompanying DVD. '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? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781869404222

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Title: Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye [With ...

Publisher: Auckland University Press, Auckland

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Paperback

Condition: new

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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

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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.

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