TOyou ever thought you’d see a Mona Lisa in Lego version? And the famous Kiss by Klimt? It arrived in Milan – at RIDE, Milano Urban Hub in via Valenza 2, in the heart of the Navigli – the traveling exhibition of LEGO® Art produced by Exhibition Hub and Fever. It will be open to visitors until 28 August.
Over a million bricks
It’s amazing what the contemporary artist is doing Nathan Sawaya has created over the years, with an infinite dose of patience and creativity. Using over a million bricks, he managed to recreate famous paintings and sculptures (but not only) transforming them into colorful and “branded” Lego works. To do so, he decided – now years ago – to leave his profession as a lawyer, thus devoting himself completely to this ambitious project.
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, in LEGO version in the exhibition “The Art of the Brick”
The Art of the Brick it is an exhibition that continues to travel the world (it has already achieved over 7 million people). The same CNN defined it one of the ten unmissable exhibitions in the world. Not only because it presents real works of art, but also because the material with which they are made is known by many. If not “by all”. Who hasn’t played with the famous colored bricks during their childhood?
Lego turns 90
In a few weeks (next 10 August) the Danish company will complete 90 years old and this exhibition – that combines Pop Art with Surrealism – is one of the ways to celebrate its success which, in all these decades, it has suffered different waves.
From the 1950s (when they were launched on the market in the version we know today) to the present day, Legos have kept company with millions of children. And not only. And with the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic (and the consequent lockdowns) there have been many who have decided to return to devote themselves to Lego constructions (this is confirmed by the sales figures of recent years).
Inside the exhibition The Art of the Brick (here all the information) you can see a large T-Rex dinosaur skeleton, almost 7 meters long and comprising over 80 thousand bricks. But also reinterpretations of the David by Michelangelofrom the Starry Night by Van Gogh and of Gioconda by Leonardo da Vinci.
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