The art of the lego brick
27 11 2007Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things. His recent North American museum tours feature large-scale sculptures using only toy building blocks. LEGO® bricks to be exact.
Ah, absolutely amazing. I used to have trouble making simple towers from legos. What is wrong with me?
sweet stuff dude…i really like the trees both the 2d and 3d, maybe not so many pictures of you with the art though? everyone knows how big a lego brick is there is no need for you to be in the pics to establish scale
TOTALLY RADAMATACULARISTIC!!! I love it, really. I wish I could get some of me and my fiance for our wedding. Awe.
Wow! good job! Totally fabuluso! I like the pencil one and the tree one.
You look like a giant douche.
No one really plays with legos anymore.
Grow up and put some shoes on.
For me it’s 3D pixel art. It is so sad the creations are so lame. I wish I could see some old videogames heroes, or stuffs more related to the abandonware community.
I know, sounds like geek. Whatever
i think you should really make this into a business, i know i would buy one , and ty i do think that he should still take pictures with him in it. it is creative art so he can do what he wants, and besides i did’t think the last picture of the pencil was that big until i saw him standing next to it
Very cool stuff. I’d have to agree with ty, though, Nathan’s smiley face gets quite annoying along the way. It only serves to remove focus from the art itself.
OMG! these r awesome, i think u bein in the pics makes that much more interestin. its amazing, i can barely make a house or car, lolz
You’re cute
and talented, too
Saw an exhibit in Appleton Wi, it was great. T-Rex Skeleton was cool and the 3d face in the box was awesome!
Bob, He was a business. On his site you can visit the store and buy some of his creations.
Talk about MAD SKILLS WITH THE LEGOS DUDE!!! TOTALLY AWESOME!
Peace, Michelle
Awesome!!! Amazing…Where can we find an exposition of him???
I think Katelin is the one who should probably learn to grow up.
Art really IS everywhere. Brilliant
Awesome work!! I can’t help but wonder how many times everything fell apart and he had to start all over. Thats a time consuming hobby you have there.
You have much big talent, me wants bye you lphone
Where do you get the astronomical number of Legos required for those creations? Are they donated by Lego?
second portrait looks like Lindsy Lohan!
The candy cane and the cat pics are too gay. I mean that in a bad way. The art is inspired, imo. I’d like to see a larger version of the earth … and a rendering of “The Kiss”, the sculpture.
Uh… I can do that too…..and by that I mean Damn that was cool. I love Lego!
Great stuff! I really like the face in the wall one especially. The reproduction of “Starry Night” was also very appealing.
I played around with doing some of Piet Mondrian’s “Composition”‘s with Legos several years ago, intending it to be a statement on how childish I thought Mondrian’s squares and rectangles were. These are a far better use
Incidentally, @Katelin: you sound like you would be SO much fun to be around. Somewhere in-between a census taker and Eeyore.
That is the coolest way to make money
Meh – Lego art is so 1990. The medium is getting tired, it’s almost boring.
Let’s go the Detroit Auto Show and see another Subaru Outback made entirely out of Lego. Yippee.
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