CNN Says - "Must See. One Of The Top Ten Exhibits In The World"

When it comes to the world of art, London is arguably the finest city in the world. Crammed to the rafters with breathtaking museums and galleries, it's more a case of deciding what not to rather than what to see. Best of all, the majority of these priceless art houses are FREE to enter, a lesson that governments and cities all over the world could take on board. So with a veritable smorgasbord to choose from (The Tate, Tate Modern, National, British Museum, Science Museum etc etc) it was obvious which one the LegsyBoys should go to......the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane to see THE ART OF THE BRICK!

Nathan Sawaya is a former lawyer from New York who now makes a career out of Lego sculptures. In Sawaya's words: "Most people don't have a block of marble at home, but I hope that today, they'll feel sufficiently inspired to take a few LEGO bricks and get off the beaten path"...bravo!

 That may sound unusual but I once knew a lawyer who was so obsessed with playing computer games in the office he developed nintendo thumb, so I guess it's not that odd! What this man can do with the humble 'brick' really has to be seen to be believed.

He has recreated major works of art, some simplistically and others in a highly pixelated way that is simply awesome.

Squint your eyes - amazing, huh.

They range from a couple of hundred pieces to an extraordinary dinosaur made from over 80,000 pieces!!! In all, there are over 100 pieces and more than 1 million bricks used - extraordinary really.

Klimt Kiss (18,893 pieces)

Over 2 metres tall.

Solar System (9,989 pieces)

A photo just doesn't this justice

Peace Sign - made up with every colour of the rainbow

T-Rex (80,029 pieces!!!)

 Is it art? Well, that's for you to judge, but given the exhibition is thought provoking, highly original and has the capacity to challenge the traditional boundaries of what is art, then why not.

The Box (950 pieces) - what's in it?

Sing (8,189 pieces)

Stairway (4,750 pieces) - built from donated spare pieces

After all, who said a sculpture has to be made from plaster of Paris or metal? And here's a really groovy thing - after you've finished looking, you can jump into the play area and make your own Lego creations, either with the real thing or using a computer.....how cool is that!

But wait, there's more.............Liam has been a very buzzy boy lately and over the course of several weeks has built three mega LEGO kits (supposedly with a 14-16 age recommendation). He's a little LEGO gun, and here's the fruits of his handywork, completely without assistance.......

Slowly....

.....slowly....

....slowly....

Bingo - a Sopwith Camel

Big Trucker

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