Ai Wei Wei is a Chinese contemporary artist known for producing sculptural installations and architectual projects such as: Sunflower seeds, Circle of Animals/Zodiac heads, Foever (Bicycles), etc. But the ones I’m particuarrly interested in are this LEGO portraits.
Why do I like it/ what do they mean to me?
I like how he creativly uses various types of Lego bricks to create the portraits and the primary and secondary he uses to capture the shape, shadow and distinction in the facial features. The connection they have to me is ever since I was a child, I’ve always loved lego, collecting or building, so his work feels like a combination of two things I like, Lego and Art.
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