2001, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Len Lye : a biography / Roger Horrocks. Horrocks, Roger.

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Len Lye : a biography / Roger Horrocks
 
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Physical Description
  • 436 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Published
  • Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2001.
Language
  • English

Edition details

Title
  • Len Lye : a biography /​ Roger Horrocks.
Author
  • Horrocks, Roger.
Other Authors
  • Lye, Len, 1901-1980.
Published
  • Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2001.
Physical Description
  • 436 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Summary
  • "This is the first biography of Len Lye (1901-1980), a remarkable New Zealander and a gifted innovator in many areas of the arts - film, painting, sculpture, photography, and writing. Not only his constant flow of new ideas but his exuberance, his unique taste in clothes, his quirky turn of phrase, and his freewheeling personal life made him a legendary figure - a 'crazy, excited and exciting guy' (as a fellow artist once described him).".
  • "The eventful life of this largely self-educated young man from the working class took him to bohemian circles in Sydney and then to Samoa where he clashed with the colonial administration for identifying too closely with the Samoans. He worked his way by sea to London where leading artists and writers were fascinated by Lye, a wild man from the colonies who was creating avant-garde works of art. His films for well-known producer John Grierson won him international awards. Inventing ways to make films without a camera he became one of the pioneers of the genre later known as the 'music video'. He worked with many famous creative people (including Robert Graves, Dylan Thomas, Alfred Hitchcock, and the Surrealists). He subsequently moved to New York's Greenwich Village and became a leading figure in the 'kinetic art' movement of the 1950s and 1960s. With his belief in sexual freedom, his scorn for authority and his lifetime commitment to experiment, he never slowed down.
  • Lye was - in the words of poet Alistair Reid - 'the least boring person who ever lived'. Even after his death he continues to be a controversial figure as his plans for giant moving sculptures are at last being realised in New Zealand."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-429) and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 1869402472
Dewey Number
  • 709.2
  • 759.993
  • 709.93
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National Film and Sound Archive. National Film and Sound Archive Library. Open to the public Book; Illustrated English
National Gallery of Australia. National Gallery of Australia Research Library. May not be open to the public 001237978; nz N7408.L84 H67 2001<001237978> Book; Illustrated English
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Art Gallery of New South Wales. Research Library and Archive. Open to the public Book; Illustrated English
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Parramatta City Council. Parramatta City Library. Open to the public Book; Illustrated English
Richmond-Tweed Regional Library. Library Headquarters. Open to the public 709.93 LYEL Book; Illustrated English
Southern Cross University. University Library Lismore. Open to the public 001237978; 709.2 L984 HORR<001237978> Book; Illustrated English
State Library of NSW. Open to the public R N759.993/5 Book; Illustrated English
University of New South Wales. UNSW Library. Open to the public (NUN)000758298; Held Book; Illustrated English
University of Technology Sydney. University Library. Open to the public .b14896515; held Book; Illustrated English
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Brisbane City Council Library Service. Open to the public Book; Illustrated English
Griffith University. Queensland College of Art Library. Open to the public .b14315932; NX512.L94 H67 2001 Book; Illustrated English
Ipswich Library and Information Service. Open to the public Book; Illustrated English
Queensland Art Gallery. Queensland Art Gallery Research Library. May not be open to the public 709.93 LYE 2001 Book; Illustrated English
Queensland University of Technology. Kelvin Grove Campus Library. Open to the public .b18675736; kgen 709.2 LYE 1 Book; Illustrated English
State Library of Queensland. Open to the public QSL504290; G 709.2 lye 2001; RBHMON LYE (Not for Loan) Book; Illustrated English
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National Gallery of Victoria. The Shaw Research Library. May not be open to the public 26915; AUS 927.5 LYE HORROCKS Book; Illustrated English
RMIT University. AFI Research Collection. Open to the public 47684; 81 LYE HOR Book; Illustrated English
State Library of Victoria. Open to the public 1057859; held Book; Illustrated English
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