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Legos as an Art Form

The Lego brick has become an art medium all its own. Stamford Museum & Nature Center in Stamford, Connecticut, will be presenting Architecture of the Imagination: The Lure of the Lego Brick featuring Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick, on view March 2 through August 17, 2008. Nathan Sawaya's "Blue" (pictured on the right) will be among the artist's works shown in Stamford Museum & Nature Center's new LEGO exhibition.

"Lego is a phenomenon," said Curator of Collections Rosa Portell. "They are deceptively simple, but it is in this sheer simplicity that their success lies. The uses are only limited to the imaginations of their creators."

New York-based "brick artist" Nathan Sawaya has elevated Lego construction to an art form. Besides recreating objects and buildings - which he does, brilliantly - Sawaya uses the Lego brick as other artist's use canvas, stone, or clay: to express himself and to challenge viewers to interpret his creations. His amazing "Red, Yellow, and Blue" series explores emotion through the human form. Sawaya's works are on display in major museums across the country. For more information on Nathan Sawaya, visit brickartist.com.

In case you didn't know Monday was the 50th birthday of the Lego brick.

Photo: Nathan Sawaya

Posted on January 30, 2008

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