Len Lye: Four Fountains

In the Large Works gallery we present an audience favourite: the gentle, swaying Fountain, a bundle of rotating stainless-steel rods that twist, flex and shimmer.

Exhibition Info

Unknown photographer. Fountain I at Howard Wise Gallery, New York, 1964. Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre

What’s On

Len Lye in Sydney, circa 1925

Flip and Two Twisters

Sat 27 Aug 16 — Len Lye Centre Cinema

A documentary about Len Lye, the great film-maker and kinetic sculptor.

'I’m composing figures of motion - and I’m composing them out of very springy spring steel'
– Lye on his process

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Len Lye in studio 1960s
Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre

Projection Series #4: Man Without a Camera

Sat 27 Aug 16 — Len Lye Centre Cinema

A short selection of Len Lye’s films showcasing the flair and skill of a filmmaker abandoning the conventions of camera-made cinema

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Film still from Don Driver Magician

Don Driver Magician

Sat 27 Aug 16 — Len Lye Centre Cinema

Join director Paul Judge and Jim and Mary Barr for a discussion after the screening to launch the film on DVD.

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Makayla Wells, 10, and her sister Jessa, 7, with their grandmother Moya Lewis, get creative in the Todd energy Learning Centre. Photo Glenn Jeffrey

Family Art

Sun 28 Aug 16 — Todd Energy Learning Centre

Drop-in interactive art-making sessions for the whole family

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Film still from Measuring the World

Goethe-Institut German Film Series: Measuring the World

Sun 28 Aug 16 — Len Lye Centre Cinema

In this visually stunning epic, two of the greatest minds of the 19th century, mathematician Carl Friederich Gauss and scientist Alexander von Humboldt dedicate their studies to measuring and comprehending the world they live in.

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Len Lye Centre

We are the world centre for Len Lye - internationally renowned and inspirational film-maker and kinetic sculptor - whose work pops, flips and zazzles!

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre Tin Magnets

These locally sourced tin magnets feature a wonderful selection of images that capture the unique architectural beauty of the Len Lye Centre at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.

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Len Lye: Four Fountains

What’s On

Flip and Two Twisters

Projection Series #4: Man Without a Camera

Don Driver Magician

Family Art

Goethe-Institut German Film Series: Measuring the World

Len Lye Centre

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre Tin Magnets

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Govett-Brewster