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Recently I rewatched the Lego movie and my number one takeaway was I want to be a Master-builder IRL. Homies of my blog, welcome to my fourth post about all the neat stuff I’ve seen that’s been made out of Lego. A dynamic and adaptable medium for artistic exploration. A versatile toolkit that brings out our inner children. Lego – Nostalgic, playful, fresh, and inviting, shits dope.

Lego is for the culture. You have no idea the amount of awesome Lego album covers I found online, I considered making this blog entirely about that. Instead, I want to show my broader appreciation for the medium but still, they are so gnarly. These pieces resonate with me because they feel witty and Clever. It feels like a smoothy that blended up my most joyful childhood memories and my love for some very poopin tunes. They feel like intertextual nods between two of the sickerist aspects of my life. I was very close to making one of these my screen saver. You should google your favourite Lego album.

As Joel Embiid once said trust the process. But if you trusted these artist’s process you would end up with a very fragile but awe-inducing new toy. Legorealism is a word and a concept I just invented but it refers to the artistic movement where you make real things into lego real things. Bugatti’s X-wings fighters whatever your childish brain could dream Legorealists probably have built (Im lying but still, cool). Let’s just say if I was a billionaire the cop would be immanent.

Bringing a whole new meaning to fine art, these pieces are fine as hell. On the left, you can see one of my favourite LEGO things by Ai Weiwei. This work recreates Monet’s water lilies using 650,000 Lego pieces, like what, that is mind-boggling. It’s a brilliant adaptation that combines the charm of LEGO bricks with the profound abstraction of the original installation. The delicate construction using LEGO allows for a fluid expression of the non-representational elements while encouraging active participation. LEGO bricks are commonly associated with childhood play and creativity. I think his use of Lego as a medium infuses a sense of approachability and universality into Monet’s original work, inviting a wider audience to engage. It’s the first image I used in my blog if you want to see the full scale.

The work on the right is a piece by Nathan Sawaya titled Swimmer. In this piece, Sawaya uses 120,000 bricks to intricately capture the dynamic muscularity and vitality of a swimmer bringing them to life. Sawyer’s meticulous artistry invites viewers to immerse themselves in the moment, almost feeling the swimmer’s movement and the water’s embrace. It feels like a perfect revolt against the idea that Lego is too square, it is organic and lively and that’s why I love it.

I don’t know about you but my original love for Lego came from its ability to enable my imagination. Whether building sick battle scenes sprawling forests, or fortresses for evil villains, the lore went crazy. So here are a couple of my favourite examples where people have manifested their dreams into reality. On the left, we have a sick autumn forest. In the middle, we have an explosion made out of Lego. and on the right, we have a crazy looking castle thingy. That’s it I’m not gonna say more but just imagine how much fun eight-year-old you would have if you could play out an adventure in one of these magnificent venues.

Whether legos ability to enable communication, invite whimsy, or induce Nostalgia, to me the beauty of Lego all boils down to one thing. Spreading the joy in our minds into the world. Thanks for reading I hope one day we all build the death star.