Kinetic Sculpture, The Evolution of Flora, by Jason Stillman
The Evolution of Flora, a kinetic steel-fabricated sculpture, was installed at the Performance Arts Center in downtown Colorado Springs on 6/25 as part of their yearlong 2009 11th Annual Art on the Streets Exhibition and Competition. It was my 1st year participating in the event, which boasted its largest number of entries and the highest caliber of artwork from Artist across the country and abroad. The Evolution of Flora won the $5k 3rd place prize, and was the only out of state artwork to place. This piece is currently priced at $17,000, and available for purchase. Interested parties can contact me at anytime, or call the Downtown Partnership at (719) 886-0088. Offers will be considered.
The Evolution of Flora, a Kinetic Sculpture by Jason Stillman
The Evolution of Flora was installed at the Performance Arts Center in Colorado Springs as part of the 2009 11th Annual Art on the Streets exhibition. It was my 1st time participating in the annual show. This year had the largest number of applicants and the highest quality of work from Artist across the country and abroad. My piece won 3rd prize and was the only out of state winner.
A New York-based artist creates amazing sculptures from Lego pieces. (April 3))
HEADLINE: Lawyer quits job and turns Lego artist
CAPTION: A New York-based artist creates amazing sculptures from Lego pieces. (April 3)
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Keyword-wacky-bizarre
Six years ago Nathan Sawaya quit his job at a big New York law firm -- to follow his passion - high class Lego art.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Nathan Sawaya, Lego artist:
That was the day my website crashed from too many hits that I realised OK, there is something to this and it is time to make a move and quit the law firm and go play with bricks full time.
Some of his co-workers thought he was crazy, but Sawaya knew he would rather work more hours for less money and be happy.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Nathan Sawaya, Lego artist:
There''s a large figure tearing himself out of this large grey wall. And I think that is really me, you know. I mean it is literally me just tearing myself out of all these people, you know, saying - what are you gonna do, you know, you play with a toy, this isn''t art. And this is what I''m trying to express with this piece, is trying to break out of that.
Sawaya recently opened his own art exhibition in a New York art gallery.
SOT: Gallery attendee
wow that''s so much Lego.
He believe his art opens doors for people who otherwise wouldn''t visit art galleries.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Nathan Sawaya, Lego artist:
I''m finding that there are people who have never been to a fine art gallery before, never been to a fine art museum, but they come to see my art work because they can, you know, relate to it, connect to it.
He says one of the keys to his work is how he views the world.
English) Nathan Sawaya, Lego artist:
You know I can look at a building and figure out how it would look in Lego, a lot of times I see the world in little rectangles.
Sawaya says he spends six-figures on Lego bricks annually.
He reportedly has more than 1.5 (m) million lego pieces in his studio.
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