Len Lye
by Tyler Cann and Wynstan Curnow
12 November 2009
This fascinating book looks at one of the country’s most internationally acclaimed artists and is easily the most comprehensive visual presentation of Lye’s art to date. Over 1,000 new photographs were created and hundreds of them selected for this sumptuous publication by the Govett Brewster Art Gallery and the Len Lye Foundation
The riot of colour in the new book echoes Lye’s ebullient style. Lye is renowned for his ingenuity, particularly in painting and scratching directly onto film.
This book underlines the place in modern and contemporary art held by the man Scottish poet Alastair Reid declared, “the least boring person who ever lived”.