The Art of the Brick
Statusactive
Genretraveling Lego sculpture exhibit
Years active17
Inaugurated2007 (2007)
FounderNathan Sawaya
LeaderNathan Sawaya
Websiteartofthebrickexhibit.com

The Art of the Brick is a traveling exposition of sculptures made by Nathan Sawaya using Lego building bricks. It premiered in 2007 and as of 4 April 2022 continues to hold exhibitions around the world.

Exhibitions

The Art of the Brick exclusively features sculptures made by Nathan Sawaya using Lego building bricks.[1][2][3][4] Each exhibition typically features over 100 sculptures.[5]Many have references to old classical art, which has been given a twist from the usual paint on a canvas to a popular kids toy that showcases creativity using bricks.[3][4]

Each sculpture has between approximately 4,000 to 80,000 Lego building bricks.[2]

Some of the sculptures displayed include:

  • Flyboy[4]
  • The Kiss (which uses 18,893 Lego building bricks)[3]
  • My Boy (which uses 22,590 Lego building bricks)[3]
  • Pop-up Book (which uses 19,822 Lego building bricks)[3]
  • Skulls[5]
  • The Swimmer (which uses 10,980 Lego building bricks)[3]
  • Yellow[3][4]

The exhibition also sometimes includes collections of photography by Dean West with sculptures by Sawaya integrated into the photos.[3][4][6]

History

The Art of the Brick first premiered in 2007.[1][4][5] It is the first traveling art exhibition to focus exclusively on sculptures made using LEGO building bricks.[1]

Since 2007, it has toured through over 80 cities and been to each populated continent.[2]

The locations it has been exhibited include:

Recognition

In 2011, CNN named it a Top 10 Must-See Global Exhibition.[8][10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Exhibition". Brickartist. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Flores, Christine (2022-03-14). "See world's largest display of Lego art at MSI". WGN-TV. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shah, Mona (2022-03-15). "The Art of the Brick Exhibit in SF Showcases Stunning Work With Legos". India Currents. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Warnecke, Lauren (February 11, 2022). "'Art of the Brick' is now at Museum of Science and Industry — from little Legos, eye-popping creations". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Schlosser, Kurt (2016-05-27). "Block out some time: 'The Art of the Brick' Lego exhibit opens in Seattle this weekend". GeekWire. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. 1 2 "Art of the Brick: An epic Lego exhibition pieces together in San Francisco". 7x7 Bay Area. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ↑ Cooper, Matt (2021-06-07). "The best L.A. and O.C. museum shows for June: 28 exhibitions to see now". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  8. 1 2 Reilly, Jill (June 12, 2011). "Global roundup: This season's must-see exhibitions". CNN. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  9. 1 2 3 "Lego Ausstellung „The Art of the Brick" in Hamburg: Ab 18. Mai 2016 | zusammengebaut" (in German). 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  10. 1 2 "International Lego Art Exhibition Opens In Israel This Month". NoCamels. 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  11. 1 2 "Exposition. " The art of the brick " à Zurich". www.lalsace.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  12. ↑ "Famous Lego exhibition coming to Tampa for a free show courtesy of the Viniks". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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