Art of the Brick

I’m great believer of giving experiences as gifts rather than objects, why? Because long after the five seconds of excitement with the toy/book/doll has faded, the memories of the experience live forever….

This past Christmas I decided to take my nephews to the Nathan Sawaya “Art of The Brick” lego exhibition at the Watershed at V&A Waterfront as a fun family outing.

And Oh-Em-Gee! It did not disappoint! Room after room of this creative genius’ life work.

The Scream

From replica Classical  paintings such as Munch’s ‘The Scream’ & Vermeer’s ‘The Girl with the Pearl Earring’.                     

American Gothic

The girl with the pearl earring

to his Magna Opus, the giant T-rex skeleton, which consists of no less than 80 020 lego bricks!

This fact stuck with my youngest nephew who instantly became a reformed video games addict and just wanted to play with legos.

Who could ever have possibly imagined these tiny colourful plastic bricks being transformed into these amazing works of Art?

Nathan Sawaya successfully proves the old adage

“ Do what you love and you’ll never have a to work another day in your life ” true. Giving us all some hope not to give up on those dusty old scrapbooks/stamp /sea shell collections.

In this New York native’s own words: “Art and Lego transcend culture and language and speak to adult and kids’ curiosity and creative aspirations. I hope that visitors will draw inspiration and experiment with a variety of art forms.”

Other than the display, there is also an interactive area focused on kids’ fun, family time and education. This area has PlayStation consoles, Lego building stations, The Art of the Brick merchandise and a snack kiosk.

For a glimpse of this sensational art, you can still catch the exhibition at the V&A waterfront, The Watershed until 26 February 2015. Only R140 for adults and R95 for kids , but great savings if you buy for family of 4 at R400!

Tickets available through computicket.

Let’s go, Lego!

The Jax