Art
The Emotional Pull of Len Lye's Motion Sculptures
An exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery demonstrates how Lye strove to evoke concrete feelings through fleeting motion.
Len Lye
Books
A History of Photography in Which the Camera Is Absent
A new book takes is a broader, global look at cameraless photography.
Art
Sunshine Tinged with Noir at Paris Photo LA
LOS ANGELES — The red carpet at Paramount Pictures Studios didn’t lead to a movie premiere or an awards ceremony, but rather the Lower East Side — or at least its facsimile in the studio’s New York backlot, where brownstone and cast-iron buildings hosted pop-up galleries and bookshops. This was the
Art
Keith Sonnier's Tactile Formulations in Neon and Glass
Relatively speaking, Keith Sonnier’s interest in the connections between nature and technology has a long history. His early minimal-style, classical neons from 1968–1970 have a highly reductive, classical, nearly stoic appearance. The more recent formulations, though extravagantly tactile, were les
Opinion
When Ads Could Be Avant-garde
We often forget that many cutting-edge modern artists found funding and support by making ads. The work of New Zealand avant-garde filmmaker Len Lye is a case in point. His films, like "Rainbow Dance" (1936) or the beautifully abstract "Colour Flight" (1938), were commissioned as advertisements to b