The next artist presented in this blog is Nathan Sawaya. A New York-based artist well-known for his three-dimensional models and large-scale objects from standard LEGO toy bricks. Most of art designs, 3-dimensional sculpture and over sized portraits are constructed from nearly one million pieces and are commissioned for charities or individuals, museums. One statuette was commissioned for the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation entitled “Liberty Jedi” Lady Liberty wielding a light saber. A 7-foot-long replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, a life-size tyrannosaurus Rex, a 6-foot-tall Han Solo frozen in carbonite and Alfred Hitchcock. When asked what’s the weirdest thing he ever been asked to build he answered “I’ve built monkeys for both the talk show host Craig Ferguson, and the magician David Copperfield. I’ve also built a functioning industrial air conditioner.”
Sawaya’s work explores human emotion and the mind and the complicated interlocking relationship between the two. “My pieces grow out of my fears and accomplishments as an artist and as a man. The fundamental purpose to my art is to captivate people for as long as I can keep their attention.” Attention to detail and perfection enables him to elevate Legos into brilliant status of art. Sawaya had his first solo art exhibit in the Spring of 2007 at the Lancaster Museum of Art. He also appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and WB Morning Show in November 2004.
· http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/nathan-sawaya-uses-lego-to-build-working-cello
· Bumble Bee
26" x 47" x 36
presented on May 2008
· Heartfelt
35" x 13" x 28" February 2009
· Lincoln Portrait 28" x 22" February 2010
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Wow, you are an amazing artist. I was so bad with Legos. How did you make a functioning industrial air conditioner out of Legos? Blows my mind. The Lincoln portrait is incredible. You are truly talented. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your work!
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