As probably seems apparent by now, my interests drift in many directions. When I saw that an exhibit of creations using Lego blocks would be in Washington, I decided I wanted to see it. This is not unlike my 2008 visit to Iowa’s Matchstick Marvels and a desire to see how creativity can be expressed in different ways.
I chose a Wednesday afternoon in the hope that attendance would be low and was pleased that I guessed correctly (this time). Called The Art of the Brick: An Exhibition of LEGO® Art, it was the second exhibit offered by Fever I had attended. (The first was their King Tut exhibit a few months ago.)
Most of the exhibit consisted of recreations of famous art works and sculptures across human history and cultures. It was amazing how the creators were able to use Legos to assemble works reminiscent of those works. I captured pictures not only of the Lego creations, but of the information about the works that inspired them and the numbers of bricks used in their creations (often numbering in the tens of thousands). A few of those pictures are below:
All of my pictures from the visit are available at https://singin1.pics/piwigo/index.php?/category/Seein-the-DMV-Art-of-the-Brick-Lego-022625.
What truly amazed me was the level of detail involved. Even the animals in the menagerie room seemed close to lifelike. I especially liked the elephants and the polar bears. The Lego towel hanging from the wall of another room looked very much like a cloth towel hanging from a distance. Clicking on either picture will open up enlargements.
And the T-Rex pictured at the top of the post had a room all to itself, allowing for an opportunity to examine (and photograph) it from a multitude of angles.
Throughout the exhibit, there were signs asking not to touch the works. I can only guess that children wandering the rooms would have been itching to do otherwise. Fortunately for them, there was an interactive area where they could jump into a pool of Lego pieces and/or build their own creations at nearby tables.
I did pick up a couple of souvenirs from the exhibit. One was a picture taken by a staff member of me standing in front of a green screen when I entered the exhibition space. Before I left, I selected one of their background options so the picture could be superimposed there. The finished product is below:
Later that afternoon, I went to the AMC Magic Johnson theater to watch Captain America: Brave New World again. I had seen the film when it opened two weeks earlier, and while I saw lots of flaws–mostly due to my feeling that the earlier movie, Endgame, was the appropriate ending for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)–I had seen enough about Brave New World that I had enjoyed–the action sequences were great, imo, and Anthony Mackie’s Cap was a well-developed character by this point–to be willing to give it a second watch while it’s on the big screen.
BTW, if you think the concept of watching a movie three times is strange, I can’t even guess how many times I’ve seen The Black Panther.
Driving the Silver Bullet from NE Washington to the Maryland suburbs during early evening rush hour and then finding that the Beltway was still clogged with traffic at 6:50 p.m. when I left the theater was just the latest reminder that I am so glad that I don’t have to deal with the DMV’s workday traffic on a regular basis. I had to get used to driving SB again after driving a minivan for three weeks while SB was in the shop getting repairs from the second attempt to steal her in the past three months. It was so nice to be behind the wheel of a vehicle that doesn’t drive like a tank and to have a playlist that made the drive more enjoyable.
As always, I thank the Lord for granting me the stamina to make the trip, the damn good reflexes to steer the Silver Bullet (SB) as she needed to be guided, and the ability to enjoy His handiwork as it whizzes by my windshield.