Ever since I heard that Nathan Sawaya’s The Art of the Brick Exhibition was coming to Manchester, I have been desperate to go. Today I was in Manchester for a course so was able to visit afterwards.
As a Lego fan I am always in awe of amazing designs. But I am unbelievably impressed with the exhibition. As pieces of Lego the work is impressive. As pieces of art they are fantastic!
The exhibition is at Great Northern Warehouse in Manchester on Deansgate. It’s not cheap to get in. At £14.50 it’s not cheap. I was on my own – in fact I saw two other people in there whilst I was there. If there were others to talk to I think my visit would have been longer. I was there for around 35 minutes.
The exhibition is in Manchester until 20th April and you can find further details and book tickets here.
Pinching hand – one of my favourite pieces, I love the way the hand holds the tiny piece of Lego 
The solar system 
Apples 
Writer
“Take those big ideas and set them free”
Think! 
Cello – amazing
Probably the artist’s most well known piece
Gray – if the photo looks good, you should see it for real 
Mask 
Grasp – quite a moving piece 
My Boy 
Green Torso 
Everlasting 
Red Facemask 
Circle Torso, Triangle Torso, Square Torso 
Swimmer 
Blue Guy Sitting
Reminding me of my dad
It’s funny how something catches you unexpectedly. There were two pieces that made me thing of my dad. Hands shows a grey sculpture whose hands have disintegrated. This reminds me so much of how my dad lost the feeling in his hands as his condition became worse. The expression and body language of the sculpture was just like him and the way he would look at his hands and the way he couldn’t understand what was wrong…
And Disintegration made me think about how his dementia completely eroded him away. It was actually very moving. I stood and looked at this for ages, thinking about how his life just faded away.
Just look at that stained glass window – just beautiful 
The Sphinx 
Scream – amazing! 
The Mona Lisa 
Untitled 
Remember that this entire piece is made from Lego bricks – even the frame
This would make a brilliant art project for school – if only we had enough bricks!
Just breath-taking…
