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Offline Penthesilea

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Lego imitates art
« on: June 30, 2009, 01:52:45 pm »
Hiya,

By chance I came across some "Lego imitates art" like pictures, then I started looking for more and thought I'd share my finds with you. Hope you enjoy and contribute to the thread :).


Paintings by M.C. Escher in Lego:


















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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 01:53:01 pm »
Of course most of you already know this beatuiful Lego imitates great art. But I thought after three years, it's worth a repeat :).


Brokeback Mountain in Lego



















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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 01:53:16 pm »










And I find it poignant that the creator made sure to give his version of Ennis and Jack a long life :). From the website: "I took about the sets I had made up for the photo shoot. I found a place for Lego Jack and Lego Ennis to live on forever. I've put them into a Modular Hill Standard so they can be displayed at Lego shows for all the world to enjoy."










source: http://destinationdaniel.smugmug.com/gallery/1213678/1/56764726#56764726_g7hn6
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2009, 02:02:57 pm »
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   My favorite piece of lego imitation! ;D
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2009, 02:10:48 pm »
Quote from: Penthesilea on June 30, 2009, 01:53:01 pm
Of course most of you already know this beautiful Lego imitates great art. But I thought after three years, it's worth a repeat :).



Thanks for showing it. It was lovely to see the old love story again.  :)
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2009, 02:12:02 pm »
Quote from: sopylicious on June 30, 2009, 02:02:57 pm
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   My favorite piece of lego imitation! ;D


 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

"Death by tray it shall be" - ROTFL

That was new to me, thanks for posting Sophia :-*.
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2009, 02:37:14 pm »
Can you believe I've never seen the Brokeback Lego?  Wow!  He even re-created the Dozy Embrace.  What a labor of love.  And I especially love that Jack and Ennis live on forever. 

I've always loved Lego.  My husband still has all his lego from when he was a kid and our son played with them when he was little and, of course, he acquired tons more of his own.  All these great pics make me want to dig the Lego boxes out and play with them!  Thanks, Chrissi!   :)
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2009, 02:53:46 pm »
Quote from: mariez on June 30, 2009, 02:37:14 pm
Can you believe I've never seen the Brokeback Lego? 

 :o Shocking! ;) :-*


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And I especially love that Jack and Ennis live on forever. 

Me too :).



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I've always loved Lego.  My husband still has all his lego from when he was a kid and our son played with them when he was little and, of course, he acquired tons more of his own.  All these great pics make me want to dig the Lego boxes out and play with them!  Thanks, Chrissi!   :)

Some of my own Lego are also still around. Undestroyable that stuff. And so much fun.
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2009, 02:59:37 pm »
From Legoland California, the Inauguration of Barack Obama:



More photos here:

http://www.sfweekly.com/slideshow/view/222857/10
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Re: Lego imitates art
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2009, 03:23:59 pm »
Quote from: Penthesilea on June 30, 2009, 02:53:46 pm

.... Undestroyable that stuff. And so much fun.

Yep - timeless in every way! 

Quote from: Fran on June 30, 2009, 02:59:37 pm
From Legoland California, the Inauguration of Barack Obama:

Those are awesome! The detail is unbelievable.  It's mind boggling to think of the effort!  And they even included the Porta Potties!   :laugh:  Thanks, Fran!
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