PARIS — American artist Nathan Sawaya’s “The Art of the Brick” takes a children’s toy and turns it into high art.
The show, which opens Thursday in Paris, contains some 100 sculptures made with more than 1 million Lego bricks.
Sawaya’s most famous work, “Yellow,” a male bust opening his own chest, is featured alongside a 20-foot-long skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as a replica of the Venus de Milo statue — the original of which is on display in the nearby Louvre Museum.
A former lawyer, Sawaya quit his job in a New York law firm to follow his Lego art passion, and first introduced Lego sculptures to the art world in 2007. He’s since staged exhibitions in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
