Beautiful Lego(r)

Internationally acclaimed LEGO® artist Mike Doyle is known for his stunningly realistic, grand-scale designs. Contact, the majestic fantasy cityscape featured on this book s cover, uses more than 200,000 bricks. His award-winning Abandoned House series has been showcased at Gallery1988 in LA and now has a home in Boston s Museum of Realist Art. When not constructing unique LEGO art, Doyle works as a graphic designer. He lives with his wife and two children in New Jersey.

Zusatztext "Far from child's play. An astonishing collection." Publishers Weekly "A stunning array." Today.com "One man's quest to prove LEGO can be art." The Los Angeles Times Informationen zum Autor Mike Doyle is an internationally acclaimed LEGO artist and known for his stunningly realistic, grand-scale designs. His award-winning Abandoned House series has been showcased at Gallery1988 in LA and Boston's Museum of Realist Art. His largest piece to date is Contact I a 6×6-foot masterwork built from more than 200,000 LEGO elements. When not constructing LEGO art, Doyle works as a graphic designer. He lives with his wife and two children in New Jersey. Klappentext Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists, and what do you get? Beautiful LEGO , a compendium of LEGO artwork that showcases a stunning array of pieces ranging from incredibly lifelike replicas of everyday objects and famous monuments to imaginative renderings of spaceships, mansions, and mythical creatures. You'll also meet the minds behind the art. Interviews with the artists take you inside the creative process that turns simple, plastic bricks into remarkable LEGO masterpieces. Zusammenfassung Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists! and what do you get? Beautiful LEGO ! a compendium of LEGO artwork that showcases a stunning array of pieces ranging from incredibly lifelike replicas of everyday objects and famous monuments to imaginative renderings of spaceships! mansions! and mythical creatures. You'll also meet the minds behind the art. Interviews with the artists take you inside the creative process that turns simple! plastic bricks into remarkable LEGO masterpieces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1: Ramón and Amador Alfaro Marcilla Chapter 2: Mmmmm Chapter 3: Everyday Wonderful Chapter 4: Attic Treasures Chapter 5: Jordan Schwartz Chapter 6: CubeDudes Chapter 7: Go Ask Alice Chapter 8: Nathan Sawaya Chapter 9: Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures Chapter 10: Tweets Chapter 11: Plastic Menagerie Chapter 12: Mike Nieves Chapter 13: Quite the Character Chapter 14: All Dolled Up Chapter 15: Arthur Gugick Chapter 16: Mike Doyle Chapter 17: Urban Planning Chapter 18: Nannan Zhang Chapter 19: Mosaics Chapter 20: On the Road Chapter 21: Lino Martins Chapter 22: Mecha Chapter 23: The Final Frontier Chapter 24: Striders Chapter 25: MicroBots Chapter 26: Meta Chapter 27: Bad Days Chapter 28: Iain Heath Chapter 29: Pythonscape Chapter 30: Faraway Lands Contributors...

"Far from child’s play. An astonishing collection."
—Publishers Weekly

"A stunning array."
—Today.com

"One man's quest to prove LEGO can be art."
—The Los Angeles Times

Auteur

Mike Doyle is an internationally acclaimed LEGO artist and known for his stunningly realistic, grand-scale designs. His award-winning Abandoned House series has been showcased at Gallery1988 in LA and Boston’s Museum of Realist Art. His largest piece to date is Contact I—a 6×6-foot masterwork built from more than 200,000 LEGO elements. When not constructing LEGO art, Doyle works as a graphic designer. He lives with his wife and two children in New Jersey.

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Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists, and what do you get? Beautiful LEGO, a compendium of LEGO artwork that showcases a stunning array of pieces ranging from incredibly lifelike replicas of everyday objects and famous monuments to imaginative renderings of spaceships, mansions, and mythical creatures.

You'll also meet the minds behind the art. Interviews with the artists take you inside the creative process that turns simple, plastic bricks into remarkable LEGO masterpieces.

Contenu

Preface
Chapter 1: Ramón and Amador Alfaro Marcilla
Chapter 2: Mmmmm
Chapter 3: Everyday Wonderful
Chapter 4: Attic Treasures
Chapter 5: Jordan Schwartz
Chapter 6: CubeDudes
Chapter 7: Go Ask Alice
Chapter 8: Nathan Sawaya
Chapter 9: Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures
Chapter 10: Tweets
Chapter 11: Plastic Menagerie
Chapter 12: Mike Nieves
Chapter 13: Quite the Character
Chapter 14: All Dolled Up
Chapter 15: Arthur Gugick
Chapter 16: Mike Doyle
Chapter 17: Urban Planning
Chapter 18: Nannan Zhang
Chapter 19: Mosaics
Chapter 20: On the Road
Chapter 21: Lino Martins
Chapter 22: Mecha
Chapter 23: The Final Frontier
Chapter 24: Striders
Chapter 25: MicroBots
Chapter 26: Meta
Chapter 27: Bad Days
Chapter 28: Iain Heath
Chapter 29: Pythonscape
Chapter 30: Faraway Lands
Contributors