Points of Contact: Jim Allen, Len Lye, Hélio Oiticica

Published by Govett-Brewster Art gallery and Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi with the generous support of Michasel Lett and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on the occasion of the exhibition Points of Contact: Jim Allen, Len Lye, Hélio Oiticica, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand, 11 December 2010 - 27 February 2011, and toured with the assistance of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa and Michael Lett to Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 18 March - 22 May 2011.

Points of Contact: Jim Allen, Len Lye, Hélio Oiticica traces the historical and conceptual connections between New Zealand artist Jim Allen (b.1922), a significant figure in the development of post-object art in New Zealand, and two of his key contemporaries: expatriate experimental filmmaker and kinetic sculptor Len Lye (1901-1980) and Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980).

Edited by Christina Barton, Tyler Cann and Mercedes Vicente.

Published by Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Adam Art Gallery, 2012
Pages: 80
Dimensions: 24 x 19 cm
ISBN: 9781877309236