Sunday Evening Art Gallery Blog — Nathan Sawaya

I remember when I was a kid, one of my favorite past times was building castles and mansions with Legos. Little black and white Legos.

 

death star

 

Amazing how those little blocks have changed the way the world looks.

 

captain america

 

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works of art out LEGO building blocks. Sawaya’s ability to transform LEGO bricks into something new, and his devotion to scale and color, enables him to elevate an ordinary toy to the status of fine art.

 

red

 

Today Sawaya has more than 2.5 million colored bricks in his New York and Los Angeles art studios.

 

new york public library lions

 

He doesn’t use special space station sets or pirate boat sets that you buy off the shelf — just bricks.

 

Bedroom

 

His work is obsessively and painstakingly crafted and is both beautiful and playful. He is both inspired and an inspiration.

 

hawk

 

He makes me want to pull out buckets and buckets of red and white and blue squares, yellow four-pane windows, and little red doors.

 

heartfelt

 

He makes me want to pull out those buckets and sit down with my son and grandson and build towers and people and flowers and anything else my dreams desire.

 

pencil fun

 

You can find more of Nathan Sawaya’s wonderful creations at http://brickartist.com/.

You will be amazed.

 

8 thoughts on “Sunday Evening Art Gallery Blog — Nathan Sawaya

  1. We found a bucket of Legos in the basement that we built with when our sons were little. A couple of weeks ago we pulled out those same Legos and built things with our little grandson. We, too, build things that aren’t “on the box.” Keep doing it! It’s fun for all of you!

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