Tyler Cann, Curator of the Len Lye Collection at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, New Zealand, visited ACMI during the Len Lye exhibition. Tyler Cann spoke about Len Lye’s influential and enduring body of work noting that this retrospective at ACMI is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work to date. He focuses on particular works, some of which were reconstructed specifically for the ACMI exhibition.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2001917
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Animation (Cinematography)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - New Zealand
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Modernism (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Movement in art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture - New Zealand
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
DVCAM; Sub-master