Len Lye is a controversial figure in New Zealand art, an internationally renowned and influential film-maker and kinetic sculptor who is seen by some as an outsider whose art has little relevance to the local tradition
Len Lye
Personal details
Full Name:
Leonard Charles Huia Lye
Lifetime:
5 Jul 1901 – 15 May 1980
Biography
Main image: Len Lye
Artist Len Lye was both an experimental film-maker and a kinetic sculptor, who produced sculptures that moved