LEGO Art - Rumours and Discussion

[Lionbear8]

15 hours ago, Lyichir said:

Do we know that it's a "traditional" art set with 1x1 tiles making up the majority of the piece count? With sets like The Great Wave or the Rolling Stones wall art, Lego has started moving away from the basic sorts of tile mosaics for a lot of the sets. If the Spider-Man set is something more like one of those sets it could feature some larger pieces to make it up, which could potentially reduce the overall piece count even if it's a substantial size.

That woukd make sense,  if it's a little more 3d! 

[Lion King]

I didn’t realize The Great Wave set is already released and now it’s out of stock. It looks amazing! I mean, I am a huge fan of Japanese culture, art and history myself. I must buy this one!

[Lion King]

It’s a pure wishlist.

Since the Great Wave set was released last year, I would love to see more iconic artwork, like Mona Lisa, American Gothic (mayb not likely), Campbell soup can, The Screamer (that could. Be more complciated), and some more. 

[Vilhelm22]

Wow this thread’s been dead.  So much so, in fact, that I forgot about it and I started it to begin with.

On 1/14/2024 at 3:18 PM, Lion King said:

It’s a pure wishlist.

Since the Great Wave set was released last year, I would love to see more iconic artwork, like Mona Lisa, American Gothic (mayb not likely), Campbell soup can, The Screamer (that could. Be more complciated), and some more. 

 I think both that and the IDEAS Starry Night have been highly successful so I hope we can see more like them as well.  Personally I’d really like some Monet water lilies.  I wonder if they might extend ‘Art’ to sculptures rather than just wall art - Rodin’s Thinker would be cool.  I’d also like Whistler’s Mother, although admittedly that’s because of Mr Bean more than anything else .  Unfortunately because it’s religious they’ll never do Da Vinci’s Last Supper though I think it would be great.

 

Having given it a name I’ll be really excited to see how the Fauna Collection expands - I really like the Macaws and they’re a great price.

[Lion King]

54 minutes ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Wow this thread’s been dead.  So much so, in fact, that I forgot about it and I started it to begin with.

 I think both that and the IDEAS Starry Night have been highly successful so I hope we can see more like them as well.  Personally I’d really like some Monet water lilies.  I wonder if they might extend ‘Art’ to sculptures rather than just wall art - Rodin’s Thinker would be cool.  I’d also like Whistler’s Mother, although admittedly that’s because of Mr Bean more than anything else .  Unfortunately because it’s religious they’ll never do Da Vinci’s Last Supper though I think it would be great.

 

Having given it a name I’ll be really excited to see how the Fauna Collection expands - I really like the Macaws and they’re a great price.

Agreed, you are right that sculptures are considered as art! The Thinker gonna be a brilliant one. 

So many iconic arts out there… But agreed, De Vinci and Michangelo’s works won’t be touched. I mean, I love Italian Renaissance but most of artworks are religious. I think Monda Lisa is a safe one. 

Monet! I love htat Impressionism moveement, along with Manet. 

I would love to see more diverse arts from around the world beyond the Great Wave (only Japanese art while there are many Americanand European Art sets). Less Western arts, more Asian, African and Center/South American arts. 

[Vilhelm22]

On 1/14/2024 at 3:18 PM, Lion King said:

It’s a pure wishlist.

Mona Lisa

Funny that we just mentioned this as it’s been leaked this will be being released this year along with The Milky Way (interested to see how they do that).

31212: The Milky Way Galaxy 

3091 pieces

US$199.99

May 2024 release 

 

31213: The Mona Lisa

1503 pieces

US$TBA

Summer 2024 release

 

That seems to be all the data that we’ve got so far.

Edited January 20 by Vilhelm22

[Lion King]

21 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Funny that we just mentioned this as it’s been leaked this will be being released this year along with The Milky Way (interested to see how they do that).

31212: The Milky Way Galaxy 

3091 pieces

US$199.99

May 2024 release 

 

31213: The Mona Lisa

1503 pieces

US$TBA

Summer 2024 release

 

That seems to be all the data that we’ve got so far.

Wow…both Art sets sound amazing! 

 

I can’t wait to see. Mona Lisa set’s details later this year.

[tafkatb]

I'm very intrigued by the Milky Way set - I could see that one getting the Space banner seen on various other themes this year. It's probably going to be quite large too, judging by the price and piece count. I would especially love if it includes a lot of glow-in-the-dark and/or opalescent pieces!

[Murdoch17]

23 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Funny that we just mentioned this as it’s been leaked this will be being released this year along with The Milky Way (interested to see how they do that).

31213: The Mona Lisa

1503 pieces

US$TBA

Summer 2024 release

I'll take seven. And if it doesn't come with a 4th Doctor Who fig, or the words "This is a fake" under the the painting, I'm gonna be sad. Not too surprised, but sad. (classic Dr. Who reference for the win!)

(For those who are interested, the 1979 serial featuring seven original copies of the Mona Lisa was called "The City of Death".)

Edited January 21 by Murdoch17

[Lion King]

On 1/21/2024 at 9:40 AM, Murdoch17 said:

I'll take seven. And if it doesn't come with a 4th Doctor Who fig, or the words "This is a fake" under the the painting, I'm gonna be sad. Not too surprised, but sad. (classic Dr. Who reference for the win!)

(For those who are interested, the 1979 serial featuring seven original copies of the Mona Lisa was called "The City of Death".)

 Well you will be sad for sure becuase i don’t think there will be some Doctor Who references in Monda Lisa set… Same for Starry Night Ideas set.

But it would be very cool to see TARDIS painted by Van Gogh!

[Vilhelm22]

Technically it isn’t Art although it’s everything an art set is.

Gotham City Skyline, revealed today.

https://brickset.com/sets/76271-1/Gotham-City-Skyline

[Vilhelm22]

Milky Way releases May 15th, similar style to Spider Man.

31213 Milky Way Galaxy 

US$199.99

3091 pieces

15th May release 

[Lyichir]

The Mona Lisa set was revealed today! https://brickset.com/article/109799/mona-lisa-unveiled!

It actually looks surprisingly good—the shading, color blocking, and relief texture all do a great job of evoking the detail of the original even with the inherent blockiness of Lego as a medium. And it's nice to have another "fine art" set in the Lego Art theme, which can otherwise tend to be dominated by pop-culture iconography.

[Lion King]

Starry Night, then Great Wave off Kanagawa., and now this Mona Lisa! Fine art is what I was hoping for out of Lego Art collection!

i figured Mona Lisa was the safe oen for Lego to make as it’s not a religious one from Italian Renaissance period. I wan, I love Italian Renaissance arts but most of them are religious that Lego won’t touch (ironically, they are dong Notre Dame set now). 

I am sure Da Vinci smiles as he sees his famous art ri comes into lego world! I still don’t know if ona Lisa smiles or frowns….lol.

[Vilhelm22]

Brilliant looking set this one.  I wonder what we’ll get next….

Having now seen a portrait done I’d love Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring.

[CastleRail]

30 minutes ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Brilliant looking set this one.  I wonder what we’ll get next….

Having now seen a portrait done I’d love Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring.

If you can make it along to STEAM in October there's one in the Art Gallery - on Facebook or (I don't do IG so can't link direct) or at https://www.instagram.com/brickishuklug/ or

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Brilliant looking set this one.  I wonder what we’ll get next….

Having now seen a portrait done I’d love Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring.

I would like something differnet than that portrait. So how aout the Scream painting? 

Edited 19 hours ago by Lion King

[Altair1]

This Joconde looks just awful! The face in particular is so ugly... they should really fire the person who designed it.

[Lyichir]

1 hour ago, Altair1 said:

This Joconde looks just awful! The face in particular is so ugly... they should really fire the person who designed it.

I think if you're saying something as drastic as insisting somebody be fired, you ought to put your money where your mouth is and show us your own version. Surely if you're going to be that rude about it you must be able to do better?

[MAB]

On 5/7/2024 at 2:30 PM, Lyichir said:

And it's nice to have another "fine art" set in the Lego Art theme, which can otherwise tend to be dominated by pop-culture iconography.

 

21 minutes ago, Lyichir said:

I think if you're saying something as drastic as insisting somebody be fired, you ought to put your money where your mouth is and show us your own version. Surely if you're going to be that rude about it you must be able to do better?

I think the reason pop culture and pop art works in LEGO is the reason this one does not. They have the general shape of the Mona Lisa correct and it probably cannot be bettered at this scale. Yet it, and especially the face, doesn't look right. The blockiness and narrow colour palette makes this look more like a pop art version of the original. It looks such a jumble of styles, more Picasso than da Vinci, but then it also has touches of the 'Jesus monkey'. I doubt many could do better at this scale, but then the question might be should they do it, when it doesn't look particularly good. 

I'm glad it is not a mosaic. They have become so common in LEGO form now, they are just badly pixilated images at low resolution that happen to be made from LEGO. I guess it is nice they tried to get shaping from parts, but for me, it just doesn't work so well.

Edited 8 hours ago by MAB

[Lyichir]

48 minutes ago, MAB said:

 

I think the reason pop culture and pop art works in LEGO is the reason this one does not. They have the general shape of the Mona Lisa correct and it probably cannot be bettered at this scale. Yet it, and especially the face, doesn't look right. The blockiness and narrow colour palette makes this look more like a pop art version of the original. It looks such a jumble of styles, more Picasso than da Vinci, but then it also has touches of the 'Jesus monkey'. I doubt many could do better at this scale, but then the question might be should they do it, when it doesn't look particularly good. 

I'm glad it is not a mosaic. They have become so common in LEGO form now, they are just badly pixilated images at low resolution that happen to be made from LEGO. I guess it is nice they tried to get shaping from parts, but for me, it just doesn't work so well.

Personally, I feel like this Mona Lisa looks very good. Yes, it's abstracted somewhat through the inherently blocky medium of Lego, but it's still recognizable and (IMO) attractive as an art piece. I don't really see the comparisons to Picasso or the "monkey Jesus"—to me, it reminds me more of the sort of pixelated depiction you might see in a game like Picross.

But mostly my comment was because I feel like hoping somebody loses their job over something as petty as you not liking the toy they designed is a nasty, cruel sentiment regardless of the merits of the complaint.

[Lion King]

5 hours ago, Altair1 said:

This Joconde looks just awful! The face in particular is so ugly... they should really fire the person who designed it.

That’s quite rude to say abot someone losing job. 

Welome to the art world there are art critic, I gues….

[ReplicaOfLife]

While it propably is a decent attempt at recreating it without resorting to prints to better capture the face/facial expression... this is fuel for nightmares.

It's like "Mona Lisa, but she looks angry because of a horrible alien growth on her forehead".

Her torso is fine, the background is fine, but the face and facial expression are just completely off, imho.
Even leaving the shape of the forehead aside - having the entire forehead elevated by one tile creates too much of a brow, which gives her eyes a mean expression that is nowhere near the soft, peaceful look she has on the original.

[Lion King]

Im not sure why some people expect some printed pieces for Mona Lisa’s face? Is it really expnsive to print something “realistic” for Munda Lisa?

I’m with Lyichir on medium, I do not mind blockiness.