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At the end of 2009, Agora Gallery opened its doors to a new exhibition space, adjacent
to the main collective exhibition gallery, at 530 West 25th Street in the center
of the Chelsea art district in New York City. This beautifully designed and spacious
new gallery avails us the opportunity to showcase artists and their work in a significant
solo exhibition environment.
Our April exhibition featured BRICK by BRICK: The LEGO® Brick Sculpture of
Nathan Sawaya. The presentation marks the
first solo exhibition by the artist in New York City. Nathan’s remarkable sculpture,
constructed entirely out of Lego bricks, can be found in public, corporate as well
as numerous private collections. His most recent museum show, The Art of the Brick
at the Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA ran from February – May of this year. Please
visit www.brickartist.com
for a complete listing of his upcoming museum shows.
The BRICK by BRICK exhibition at Agora Gallery has been a phenomenal success,
attracting both national and international media attention. Nathan has been featured
on “The Today Show”, “Late Night with David Letterman”, and
the “The Colbert Report”, as well as in print and online media
worldwide.
The artist who developed his skills in drawing, painting and sculpting, as a child
and throughout his early adulthood, rediscovered Lego brinks approximately ten years
ago when he was searching for a new medium and vision for his creative expression.
The astonishing thing about Lego bricks, in the hands of a Legomaster, is that working
with Legos not only fires up the imagination of the artist but also the minds of
the viewers who imagine for themselves the possibilities that exist in “what is
possible” in all things. Sawaya is able to transform something common into the some
of the most extraordinary work imaginable. The artist not only captures action,
movement and curvatures of the body with ordinary Lego bricks, but most remarkably,
he is able to transform these small plastic squares and rectangles into something
that is much more poignant and engaging, he is able to express human emotion, such
as; sorrow, joy, humor, compassion and much more. This, in my opinion, is the genius
of his work
Press Release
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Ascension
"Ascension"
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Blue
"Blue"
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Cracking Up
"Cracking Up"
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Everlasting
"Everlasting"
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Goodbye
"Goodbye"
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Gray
"Gray"
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Guarded Heart
"Guarded Heart"
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Kissing (full)
"Kissing (full)"
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Kissing (half)
"Kissing (half)"
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Loves Me Not
"Loves Me Not"
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Mask
"Mask"
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My Boy
"My Boy"
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Nathan Sawaya
"Nathan Sawaya"
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Please Do Touch
"Please Do Touch"
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Pushing Against
"Pushing Against"
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Red
"Red"
sold
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Skulls
"Skulls"
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Step Ladder
"Step Ladder"
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Strength of Spirit
"Strength of Spirit"
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Swimmer
"Swimmer"
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The Art Inside
"The Art Inside"
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The Courage Within
"The Courage Within"
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Think
"Think"
sold
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Trapped
"Trapped"
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Trapped (one-third)
"Trapped (one-third)"
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Trapped (two-thirds)
"Trapped (two-thirds)"
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Untitled 1
"Untitled 1"
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Untitled 2
"Untitled 2"
sold
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Untitled 3
"Untitled 3"
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Untitled 4
"Untitled 4"
sold
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Untitled 5
"Untitled 5"
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Untitled 7
"Untitled 7"
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Untitled Portrait 1
"Untitled Portrait 1"
sold
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Untitled Portrait 2
"Untitled Portrait 2"
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From our guest book:
Great exhibit! ▪ Epic sculptures!! Amazing! ▪ Very powerful work. Congratulations
▪ I like the skulls the best ▪ Extraordinary work! ▪ I am surprised! Wonderful ▪
Incredible! ▪ I love your work ! ▪ I love this exhibit ▪ Fantastic art- Great display
▪ Very creative, quite genius ▪ Super! ▪ Wonderful- Fabulous, was lovely ▪ Phenomenal
visibility ▪ Amazing!!! ▪ Excellent. My son loved it ▪ You are my hero ▪ I lllove
it ! ▪ Awesome work! ▪ This is the coolest! ▪ The work is great, great to believe!
▪ Fabulous ▪ Terrific! ▪ We really loved the exhibit ▪ I’ m in shock! ▪ Fantastic!
▪ Where did you get the idea for the sculptures and why Legos? ▪ I like think, what
gave you the idea for that one? ▪ AMAZING CREATIVITY! ▪ Unbelievable! Really loved
it :-) ▪ Loved it! Lego rules ▪ How ever did you do it??? ▪ Simply grateful
▪ Curious how much they weight! ▪ Don’t go to galleries too often, but this was worth ▪ Thanks!
▪ Impressive! ▪ Inspiring ▪ Get me a Lego set now! ▪ Well done! ▪ I have been waiting
to see this for ages ▪ Oooohhhhh! ▪ Marvelous ▪ Bricks awesome ▪ Very Expressive.
▪ Great! ▪ Modern!
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