The Art of the Brick

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While in Sydney I went along to Nathan Sawaya's Lego exhibition "The Art of the Brick" at the Town Hall.  It was pretty crowded with kids but was otherwise awesome, and unlike the money-hungry Warner Bros you were allowed to take photos at this exhibition.  Which made it all kinds of wonderful.

Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Blue Guy Sitting"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Mask"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Mask".  This kind of full face mask is called a Bauta.
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Untitled"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Untitled"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Courtney Yellow"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Parthenon"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"The Artist's View"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Untitled"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Swimmer"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Peaces"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Yellow"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Hands".  The sculptor's worst nightmare: living without the use of his hands.
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Skulls"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Rain"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Apples"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"T-Rex".  This piece took Nathan 80,000 Lego bricks and an entire summer to create.
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Sing"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Untitled"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Globe"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick

"Thinker"
Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick



4 Comments

Dave2 said:

Awesome. Just awesome. Would have loved to attend this.

January 8, 2012 2:44 PM

   

kapgar said:

I love the orange ladder!

January 8, 2012 2:57 PM

   

Kazza the Blank One said:

D: yeah shame it wasn't on when you were here

K: yup, pretty cool :) I think I liked the Artist's View best.. the entire scene was made of Lego, including the tripod and the floor tiles (the mosaic of sydney was pretty awesome too)

January 8, 2012 5:40 PM

   

Missy said:

Wow, very cool! Thanks for sharing, those were very impressive!

January 12, 2012 4:09 PM

   

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