MetaFilter posts tagged with lego and art

But why is the girl in the ravishing red Lego dress so sad?

misha — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:16:30 -0800

In Pieces, on display at the OpenHouse gallery in SOHO through March 17th. New York based LEGO sculptor Nathan Sawaya and Australian photographer Dean West (Warning: annoying Flash interface) create magic together. The intriguing combination of Lego bricks and photography draws you in. The untold stories behind the stark tableaux make you want to linger. Here's how the artists put them all together. (Nathan Sawaya, previously)

"Will treaty lead us to form a “Treaty Empire” or a “Treaty Rebellion”?"

chapps — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:41:58 -0800

Northwest coast native artist, Andy Everson explores pop culture and native rights in his prints. Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artist Andy Everson's image of a hand holding a feather has become synonymous with the Idle No More Movement, which has shifted the Canadian political spotlight on First Nations issues in recent months (previously). But I predict it is his C3P0, Yoda, and LEGO figurine self portrait giclée prints that will be irresistible to many mefites.

little techie.

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:22:43 -0800

little techie. from the mind of a 5-year-old tech geek. "My name is Summer Allen and I run the successful design blog Design is Mine. That kid above? That’s London, my five-year-old son. He likes technology and gadgets a whole lot. Seriously. "Little Techie is a spot to showcase his “creations” and day-to-day life as a tiny little tech geek. Because sometimes being a geek is majorly awesome. "FYI: everything (aside from things otherwise noted) is made by London. While other kids are playing with action figures and watching cartoons, he’s drawing and building iPhones. Cool, eh?"

Minifig, I can walk!

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:39:46 -0800

Stop-motion Lego Dr. Strangelove (part I | II) [Lego kubricks via]

The Breaking Bad Art Project

Egg Shen — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:18:38 -0800

The Breaking Bad Art Project is on exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles through August 26. The acclaimed television drama has also inspired derivative works in other media.

LEGO Science Fiction

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:38:12 -0800

LEGO Science Fiction - with bonus build plans for the 2001 Discovery and other scifi-inspired creations

I just need one more 4x2 brick.

bayani — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:25:21 -0800

"Day by day we pass by vacant lots downtown ... Neighbourhoods that, although having a huge potential, have more and more unused spaces ... Sometimes, the tourists are the ones who open our eyes by mentioning or questioning whether this situation is normal. On other occasions, we pay attention to it for a moment only because the secondary problems that those spaces imply affect us directly. But in most of the cases, they are only a part of our way."

Habit Makes Us Blind is a series of colorful images by Spanish studio Espai MGR that seeks to draw attention to the problem of wasted space in urban environments (specifically, in the city of Valencia) -- by building conceptual LEGO structures in them. [via]

Retro gaming, the Big Lebowski, Yoshi, and Twitter.

The Whelk — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:24:13 -0800

"Designed by Giant Robot head guru Eric Nakamura and his friend Len Higa, the car was stripped down and operated on extensively, with a simple goal in mind: transform this Scion car into one giant Nintendo Entertainment System. " The Scion Gallery and Giant Robot team up to curate "Pixel Pushers" a show about the 8-bit aesthetic. The Scion gallery's tour of the show.

Out of the Dark Ages

Legomancer — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:13:18 -0800

Mike Doyle (blog one, blog two) is an artist who was previously known (by boardgamers) for boardgame artwork. He burned out on boardgame art and has taken up a new medium...with stunning results. This is his very first model and it's an astounding work of craftsmanship, detail, mood, and tone. This is the kind of work that many builders would kill to do after several years of building. In the AFOL (Adult Fans of Lego) community, there is a term, "Dark Age", that describes the period of time between when a person stops playing with Lego as a child and when that person rediscovers it as an adult. After a visit to Legoland, Mike Doyle emerged from his Dark Age with a vengeance. In addition to hitting home runs in his first at-bat, he is also blogging about his Lego experience here. There aren't many entries yet, but his thoughts on art and standard Lego techniques show that Mike may well be an innovator to watch. (tl;dr: Check out this awesome Lego model.)

Teeny little blocks of art

IvoShandor — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:43:38 -0800

There are 9 Lego Certified Professionals. Nathan Sawaya, Rene Hoffmeister, Sean, Kenney Nicholas Foo, Dan Parker* , Robin Sather, Adam Reed Tucker, Beth Weis and Dirk Denoyelle. A couple bonus links that I found interesting. ~The World's First Female Lego Artist (Her site) ~Lego planets *Dan Parker seems to have a very limited (read: no) web presence. (Pre-viously)

Lego meta-art?

funambulist — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:11:44 -0800

The next Turner Prize winners? Art Craziest Nation is a mini-gallery of (in)famous pieces by modern artists, accurately reproduced with Lego by a duo called The Little Artists (John Cake and Darren Neave). The exhibition is at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool until next January. See the Lego version of Damien Hirst's Shark Tank, Tracey Emin's Bed, Jeff Koons' Balls, Andy Warhol's Money, Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone, and many others. It's all in one single piece, with some of the artists themselves in Lego version - and others whose work is not exhibited, like Matthew Barney and Gilbert & George - hanging around sipping their Lego wine (ok, air) from Lego cups (or even throwing it at the Lego person standing next to them). Liverpool Football Club star Gerrard also featured in a tribute to the team's victory of this year's European Cup.

LEGOdeath

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:27:54 -0800

Even unto the grave, still the little LEGOmen smile. [Flash]