Since receiving Len Lye's collection and archives in 1980, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, in association with the Len Lye Foundation, has maintained a regular exhibition programme of Len Lye's works.
Exhibitions of his works, and selected items from the comprehensive archives the Gallery holds, are held regularly. The fragile nature of many of the kinetic sculptures prevents the Gallery from exhibiting them permanently. Len Lye's Wind Wand on the New Plymouth foreshore and Water Whirler in Wellington provide year-round access to works developed by the Len Lye Foundation based on concepts and designs by the artist.
The Gallery also assists with or produces national and international touring exhibitions of Lye's work. Exhibitions of Lye's work have recently shown in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Centre Pompidou.
Recent Len Lye exhibitions at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery include:
Len Lye: A Portrait Gallery, 8 March - 25 May 2008
Len Lye: Five Fountains and a Firebush, 7 December - 24 February 2008
Double harmonic: Len Lye & Tony Nicholls, 9 December - 25 March 2007
Len Lye: body English, 19 August - 1 October 2006
Len Lye: Individual Happiness Now! 3 December - 13 March 2006
Viewfinder: four decades of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery collection (including Trilogy), 18 March - 7 May 2006
Len Lye: Art in motion, 12 June - 15 August 2004
Len Lye: A flip and two twisters, 19 June - 11 July 2004
Len Lye: gene pool, works from the collection, 6 December 2003 - 29 February 2004
Len Lye: Trilogy (a flip and two twisters), 3 May - 20 July 2003
Len Lye (touring exhibition with AGNSW), 7 December 2002 - 9 February 2003
Essential Len Lye, 15 June – 21 July 2002
Len Lye in the public eye, 8 December 2001 – 28 January 2002
The long dream of waking: Len Lye centenary 1901-2001, 30 June – 19 August 2001
Individual happiness now, 1 July – 1 October 2000
Len Lye: working style, 1 May – 18 July 1999
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