Moving biography as an art form

Nola Farman reviews Roger Horrocks’ Len Lye biography for Art Monthly Australia, calling it “the revelation of yet another brilliant and creative New Zealand moment.” The biography is Horrocks’ tribute to an artist he feels has been unjustly overlooked, a man who remains “an exemplar of energy and integrity for fellow artists.” Farman is as full of praise for the biographer as she is for the revolutionary work of Lye himself: “The book is written with integrity by a researcher who minimizes his voice so that Lye’s love of life, his speed and the pattern of his associative thoughts are revealed.”