Lego is an intesting media for creating street art. Over the past few years, I have seen Lego bricks used to create some beautiful pieces of sculpture and art around the city of London. I wanted to showcase these iconic brick toys in this post as I've noted its uses. This post will feature various sculptures and Lego used in street art.
Bright Bricks (http://bright-bricks.com), a company who has created various large-scale Lego sculptures in Covent Garden, encouraged the public to visit St. Mary's Axe (the Gherkin) in order to help construct a large-scale model of the Gherkin building last summer.
Second, we have one artist, Jan Vormann, who uses Lego bricks in street art in order to repair or add to crumbling buildings and brickwork. The result is a colourful patchwork of Lego bricks and stunning artwork that blends into its environment. I would love to discover some of these pieces in London at some point.
Jan Vormann photo
Jan Vormann photo
Jan Vormann photo
Jan Vormann photo
Jan Vormann photo
Last but not least brings us to Brick Lane. Over a year ago, the streets around Brick Lane and Spitalfields acquired small trees made out of plastic Lego bricks. I am unsure who pasted them upon the walls and have not been successful in finding out who pasted them up and why. I thought that perhaps more of these would be appearing, but they never did. Sadly, many of them have been stolen from the walls now, leaving a tree-shaped void.
I also discovered some additional Lego and toys put into the concerete across from BoxPark on Bethnal Green Road. I'm unsure as to why they are there, but they have been there for awhile and trampled probably millions of times by now.
Let me know if you see anymore facinating work created with Lego bricks.
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