Imagine a work of art of Lego It is not so complicated; However, now it is not necessary to do so, because it exists and is the creation of the incredible Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, which does not surprise, since in addition to talented, he is a faithful lover of the Bricks of Lego and also of the great artists who looked the way for him to be here, like Claude Monet.
The artist was summoned by the toy company to reproduce «Nenoufares”, The series that Monet painted in his last years of life, which consists of several paintings of different sizes and formats that represent the garden of water that the artist had at home, in Giverny, northwest of Paris. And now it comes to the world made with pieces of Lego Not only to bring people closer to people, but also to demonstrate how pop culture can get along with other artistic currents.
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Lego's art work at Weiwei Weiwei: Making Sense
Ai Weiwei's most recent exhibition is titled Weiwei Weiwei: Making Sensein which the artist transformed useful articles and objects, but with great value, in this case a piece of monet. This is, in short, the clearest example, because Ai Weiwei created its own version of Water Lilies which belongs to Claude Monet » Bricks of Lego.
The artist used about 650 thousand pieces for this Lego art workall in different colors, 22 to be precise and will be in the design museum in London, where the collection of Ai Weiwei is, and is described as “a piece that suggests contemporary digital technologies that are fundamental to modern life”, because It is a work that seems to be pixelated, Of course, for the effect of colored blocks. However, the artist made some modifications to print his seal, because it should be remembered that he usually portray the left and refute the socially acceptable. So, In the work of Lego art by Ai Weiwei He portrays his infant's life, when his father Ai Quing and he lived in exile in the province of Xinjiang, in the 60s.