Tag Archives: Art

Some LEGO builders elevate the form to fine art in its own right, while others enjoy reproducing famous works of art with the brick. Find beautiful and thought-provoking LEGO artwork right here.

Exploring cryptozoology and exobiology with Mike Stimpson

I just love Mike Stimpson‘s work. His LEGO photography is unparalleled, and my favorites are of course the classic photographs he’s recreated.

His latest photos are inspired by the mysterious life-forms that may or may not exist around and above us:

In a more serious vein (as many of Mike’s photos are), Mike has recreated the photo of a South Vietnamese monk lighting himself on fire:

For those who’ve not noticed, Mike has a whole separate Flickr account where he shows exactly how he set up each shot in his amazing series. Definitely worth checking out.

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Triumphant Samurai

Tyler’s (Legohaulic) fantasy samurai stands gracefully poised while clutching the head of a slayed monster. Inspired by this artwork, Tyler captures the victorious pose and the dazzling fantasy elements and depicts them all in this sculpture.

Jan Vormann fills spaces in real-world walls with LEGO

Artist Jan Vormann participated in a project in Bocchignano, Italy, during which he filled various cracks and corners throughout the town with brightly colored little plastic bricks. Click the picture for the full gallery:

Admittedly, there are a couple pictures showing that not all the plastic bricks are LEGO® brand building toys, but the concept is too cool not to pass along to all of you. (But don’t try this in your own neighborhood, kids.)

Via Wooster Collective, with a hat-tip to reader Nick.

Alex Eylar’s Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray tells of a man who stays young forever while a painting of him ages instead.

Alex Eylar gives Dorian Gray the LEGO treatment in this eerie creation:

Lego Rorschach

Shannon Ocean takes innovation with the brick to create Lego Rorschach images. Go ahead, tell us what you see. The padded cell is downstairs in the basement.

Mark Kelso’s Apocalypsis: A journey into darkness

Mark Kelso posted the story of the beginning of one man’s journey into the darkness. The pictures which feature actual LEGO goes beyond those of ordanary LEGO photographs. The editing casts an ethereal effect to the grandiose scenes depicted, and the story is worthy of reading as well. Follow the mysterious young man as he is lulled by an unknown force into the darkness of a cave buried inside the jungle. For those who enjoy a thought-provoking work, this is a rare treat.

Surf’s Up in Lino Land!

Lino Martins, the Lord of Lugnuts and Master of Motor Vehicles, strikes again. Dubbed “Solar Flare”, his 1960 Impala station wagon is ready for a day of surfin’ and a night of cruisin’.

Fabuland crosses black fantasy

Jordan Schwartz’s (SirNadroj) fascination with the Fabuland theme is spreading its presence to everywhere. His latest work encroaches upon two themes of my world: surrealism and black fantasy. The result is something dynamically hilarious in my opinion. Nice work Jordan, way to bring the Fabuland happiness plague to the dark realm of interdimensional and biomechanical despair :)

Classic Creations: Henry Lim’s Stegosaurus

I’ve been looking at some of the older creations that inspired me when I first discovered the online Lego community and I realized that many people may not have seen these. We never featured them here on The Brothers Brick for the simple reason that the blog didn’t exist then. So, from time to time, I am going to highlight some the classic creations of years gone by.

First up is a Stegosaurus by Henry Lim. Selected to be a Lugnet Cool Site of the Week in November of 2000, this Stegosaurus still has the ability to amaze.

Before he came down here, it never snowed...

Rising star Harrison captures the stark contrast between the sterility of suburbia and the complexity of the title character in Tim Burton’s 1990 film Edward Scissorhands:

Using minifig legs in a creation — in this case as part of a topiary — is quickly becoming a signature of Harrison’s. And the new Speed Racer torso works beautifully for the minifig.

The Contortion

This is my first surrealist piece of the year and it marks the contortion of my mind for the past year and going. The sculpture itself is extremely fragile, but sturdy enough to survive a 5.2 earthquake. The bulk of the work is composed of four interweaving strands built from corner plates and supported at several critical points.

Thumping of metal

Japanese mecha master Kwi Chang (Brickshelf) recently won Izzo’s Sci-Fi Industrial Mecha Competition (English info here on TBB) with another excellent heavy industrial mech, illustrated here in a cool background.

The actual model called Type-D9 is quite awesome by itself. You can see another amazing graphic that we’ve blogged earlier here.

Via Klocki