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nathan sawaya: brick by brick
nathan sawaya: brick by brick
agora gallery, new york
march 23rd - april 13th, 2010
'hands', 2009
LEGO brick artist nathan sawaya's 'brick by brick' is the first solo exhibition of his art works,
comprised entirely of LEGO bricks, in new york. sawaya quit his job as a corporate lawyer
back in 2001 to pursue his childhood fascination with the ubiquitous building blocks,
transforming them into an artistic medium. he has used LEGO's shapes and bright colors
to develop a range of sculptures including pop culture icons, the human form, planets.
he's even created a life-sized self-portrait, expressing the limitless possibilities of this medium.
'underneath', 2009
'heartfelt', 2009
love is a funny thing. sometimes it is heartfelt. sometimes it is heartache. sometimes it is just heartburn.
'think', 2008
'mask', 2008
artist nathan sawaya with a life-size self-portrait
I like this work because more than the saying, the making is quite good !
nathan sawaya: red exhibition
the 'red' exhibition showcases the artist's most recent works, which have entered a new territory for both himself and his chosen medium of LEGO bricks.
nathan sawaya: LEGO brick artist
nathan sawaya is a LEGO artist who creates a wide array of objects and sculptures from the infamous plastic bricks. working from his new york studio since 2000 he has used around 1.5 million bricks until now to cons...
earth blocks
composed of compressed sawdust, coffee beans, or green tea leaves, the toys offer a sustainability-minded spin on the stackable, rearrangeable form of classic LEGOs.
novus: lego brick carpet
a 120 foot 'red' carpet for 'toy story 3', currently at london toy fair, has a printed design featuring colored lego chips.
LEGO stop-motion marriage proposal
walt thompson spent 22 hours shooting 2,600 pictures along with hours of editing to create the film which captures moments of him and long-term girlfriend nealey dozier and their time spent together. the stop-motion...
wirtschaftsblatt newsroom by IDFL
source organization network
using 'game of life' cellular automaton, this installation represents the emergence of self-organizing systems. the discrete mo...
kehinde wiley: the world stage
the installation portrays young men of varied ethnic descent living in israel, depicted against backgrounds containing symbols ...
BIG architects kimball art cen
the new facility is designed to balance the neutrality of an exhibition space with the distinctiveness of a building in park c...
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'horsey' by eungi kim
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