Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
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The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth
, Taranaki, New Zealand
. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council
.
Govett-Brewster is recognised internationally for contemporary art, and has received many awards. In 2009, the gallery was honoured by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand with their Governor's Award.
Foundation. Born in Christchurch in 1901 and largely self-educated, Lye was driven by a life-long passion for motion, energy and the possibility of composing them as a form of art. Lye's interests took him far from New Zealand; after sojourns in the South Pacific, Lye moved to London and then New York, where he became known as an intensely creative film-maker and kinetic sculptor.
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....
, Taranaki, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....
.
Govett-Brewster is recognised internationally for contemporary art, and has received many awards. In 2009, the gallery was honoured by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand with their Governor's Award.
Stealing The Senses
Govett brewster's main theme is stealing the senses. It fetures Brook Andrew’s large-scale inflatable installation The Cell 2010, a Breast Stupa Cookery performance and installation by Pinaree Sanpitak and a sound and video installation by duo Sonia Leber and David Chesworth.Dane Mitchell - Radiant Matter Part 1
Perfumes, vaporisers and de-humidifiers form the base of Dane Mitchell’s exhibition Radiant Matter Part 1. Engaging with the notion of the ‘vaporous’, a liminal state between matter and gas that teeters on invisibility, Mitchell is interested in transitional and ephemeral elements that waver amongst gas, liquid and solid forms. Vapour condenses into water and turns back into vapour in a perfect cycle; the gallery’s air humidity develops concrete forms.Len Lye
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is home to the archives and studio collection of the Len LyeLen Lye
Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye , was a Christchurch, New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives such as the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Pacific...
Foundation. Born in Christchurch in 1901 and largely self-educated, Lye was driven by a life-long passion for motion, energy and the possibility of composing them as a form of art. Lye's interests took him far from New Zealand; after sojourns in the South Pacific, Lye moved to London and then New York, where he became known as an intensely creative film-maker and kinetic sculptor.