In pieces

Our friend Kurt, Bunny and I headed to the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood [1] (Florida) for the Art of Nathan Sawaya featuring IN PIECES [2], a collection of sculptures made from Lego [3] bricks.

[Yup, this is your typical art museum in Florida] [4] [5] [Little fluffy clouds] [6] [7] [Oh, so that's what my face looks like on the inside!] [8] [9] [He could have been a contender if he just wasn't boxed in] [10] [11] [Lego skulls are the rage—crystal skulls are just so passé these days] [12] [13] [It makes for a remarkedly quiet and clean pet] [14] [15] [I can't believe I ate the whole thing!] [16] [17]

Each sculpture was also used in a photograph [18] by Australian photographer Dean West [19]. I didn't really bother with taking pictures of the pictures, beacuse, well, taking a picture of a picture is just silly talk.

Besides, we came for the Lego bricks, not pictures of Lego bricks.

[Portrait of the artist as Lego bricks] [20] [21] [This towel has just a tad too much starch in it] [22] [23] [The arm, the leg, and the pedistal are all Lego] [24] [25] [I'm crushing your head!] [26] [27] [The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!] [28] [29]

Mr. Sawaya used kragle [30] to hold the bricks together instead of just relying upon the inherent “snapness” (and I'm sure, to help keep everything together during transport—I mean, the instruction sheet for his self-portrait would rival the documentation to fully understand the Mac computer [31]) and frankly, I don't think the clouds would fully stand up (or rather, float up) without the extensive use of kragle. I don't think the kragle use diminishes anything.

If you are near Hollywood, Florida [32], you should probably check it out while you still can.

[1] http://artandculturecenter.org/

[2] http://artandculturecenter.org/the-art-of-nathan-sawaya-featuring-in-pieces

[3] http://www.lego.com/

[4] /boston/2014/06/22/t-img_1774.jpg

[5] /boston/2014/06/22/img_1774.jpg

[6] /boston/2014/06/22/t-img_1791.jpg

[7] /boston/2014/06/22/img_1791.jpg

[8] /boston/2014/06/22/t-img_1802.jpg

[9] /boston/2014/06/22/img_1802.jpg

[10] /boston/2014/06/22/t-img_1807.jpg

[11] /boston/2014/06/22/img_1807.jpg