The Art of the Brick Museum Exhibit
The Art of the Brick® museum shows are currently touring North America. These are the first major museum exhibitions to focus exclusively on the use of the popular toy, LEGO® bricks, as an art medium and artist Nathan Sawaya has taken it to new heights.
This New York-based artist has three unique exhibitions created solely from standard LEGO bricks over the period 2002 - 2010 with several new sculptures created specifically for each exhibiton. Each show has nearly one million colorful LEGO pieces transformed into whimsical and awe-inspiring creations.
Sawaya's ability to transform this common toy into something meaningful, his devotion to spatial perfection and the way he conceptualizes action, enables him to elevate what almost every child has played with into the status of fine art.
"These works are very personal to me, since they reflect my growth as an artist as I strove to discover my creative identity," said Sawaya. "The museum exhibition is accessible because it engages the child in all of us while simultaneously illuminating sophisticated and complex concepts. Everyone can relate to the medium since it is a toy that many children have at home. But I want to elevate this simple plaything to a place it has never been before."
Sneak Peek
CURRENT SHOW
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL - April 10, 2010 - September 6, 2010The Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL - June 5, 2010 - August 15, 2010
D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA - June 15, 2010 - September 5, 2010
UPCOMING MUSEUM SHOWS
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX - September 23, 2010-November 28, 2010
Crisp Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO - December 12, 2010 - February 20, 2011
Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS - June 22, 2011 - September 23, 2011
PAST SHOWS
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA - February 4, 2010 - May 2, 2010
Agora Gallery, New York, NY - March 23, 2010-April 13, 2010.
Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY - December 4, 2009 - March 14, 2010.
Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT - September 18, 2009 - November 15, 2009
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT - September 17, 2009 - October 28, 2009
Turtle Bay Exploration Park and Museum, Redding, CA - May 16, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Crown Center, Kansas City, MO - May 23, 2009 - September 7, 2009
TELUS World of Science Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta - December 15, 2008 - May 3, 2009
The American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA - August 22, 2008 - November 30, 2008
The Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL - June 6, 2008 - August 10, 2008
Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT - March 2, 2008 - August 18, 2008
The Building For Kids, Fox Cities Children's Museum, Appleton, WI - October 6, 2007 - February 3, 2008
Discovery Center Museum, Rockford, IL - June 15, 2007 - September 9, 2007
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA - April 6, 2007 - May 20, 2007