The Art of the Brick

Status| active
Genre| traveling Lego sculpture exhibit
Years active| 16
Inaugurated| 2007 (2007)
Founder| Nathan Sawaya
Leader| Nathan Sawaya
Website| artofthebrickexhibit.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[update] continues to hold exhibitions around the world.

## Exhibitions[edit]

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[edit]

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:

* California Science Center, Los Angeles[7]
* Federation Square, Melbourne[5][8]
* Hamburg[9]
* Israel[10]
* Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago[2][4]
* New York City[5]
* Pacific Science Center, Seattle[5]
* Paris[11]
* San Francisco[3][6]
* Singapore[5]
* Taiwan[5]
* Tampa[12]
* Tokyo[9]
* Zürich[9][11]

## Recognition[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* Art portal

* A Lego Brickumentary
* The Brick Testament

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "About Exhibition". Brickartist. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
2. ^ a b c d Flores, Christine (2022-03-14). "See world's largest display of Lego art at MSI". WGN-TV. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Reilly, Jill (June 12, 2011). "Global roundup: This season's must-see exhibitions". CNN. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
9. ^ a b c "Lego Ausstellung „The Art of the Brick" in Hamburg: Ab 18. Mai 2016 | zusammengebaut" (in German). 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
10. ^ a b "International Lego Art Exhibition Opens In Israel This Month". NoCamels. 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
11. ^ a b "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.

## External links[edit]

* Official website