Exhibitions
Events
On display
Witch Dance by Len Lye
Len Lye Witch Dance 1965 (2016 reconstruction) Chromed steel, motorised base. Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Art Bite
Past event
Meet at the front desk
Free
Join volunteer guide June Goldstein as she discusses Len Lye's kinetic sculpture Witch Dance in Len Lye: Stopped Short by Wonder on the ground floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12.30pm.
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
Len Lye: Stopped Short by Wonder
5 August – 26 November 2017
An exhibition inspired by a flash of light and a thunderclap.
Commentary
Len Lye Works
The glancing body of a hooked swordfish; the shivering skin of a panicky horse; a shiny tin kicked in rage by a young boy outside the Cape Campbell lighthouse. This triptych of memories was the inspiration for avant-garde New Zealand sculptor, painter and film-maker Len Lye’s Blade (1972–4) – a vertical band of steel that curves, flexes, arches then hammers frenetically against a cork ball in a fury of light, sound and movement.
