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On display
Witchetty Grub by Len Lye
Len Lye Witchetty Grub 1978 Acrylic on canvas. Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Art Bite
Past event
Meet at the front desk
Free
Join art history lecturer Dorothee Pauli as she discusses Len Lye's painting Witchetty Grub in our recently opened exhibition 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.
