Lego artist recreates Amsterdam canals intimately

A show case was specifically emptied to show Weergang’s work. Director Hans Stuijfbergen noticed the Lego Amsterdam on Instagram and actually needed it in his museum. It’s troublesome for the producer to imagine that it actually exists. “Sure, I am very pleased with it, for certain,” smiles Weergang. “It was only for enjoyable, to get pleasure from working with Lego for myself. I by no means thought that I might find yourself in a museum with my work.”

He partly bases the canal homes on actuality and partly provides them from his personal feeling. And regardless that he comes from the Hague space, he cannot get sufficient of the large metropolis. “I believe it is magical while you stroll round there to see the buildings,” he says. “You must be there to expertise that ambiance. You will be impressed by it while you stroll round there.”

He did nothing with the stones for years, however when he had youngsters, his outdated love was rekindled. “As a baby, this was my favourite toy,” Weergang explains. “I constructed every kind of issues and the benefit of it’s that you might put it collectively and take a look at once more when you bought uninterested in it. And it all the time is, it is also a ‘maintain its worth.’

And when requested if he will get feedback from individuals who suppose it is a kid’s toy, he replies: “Folks can look bizarre after I say I construct with Lego, however after they see this they’re enthusiastic.”

For many who need to see the work, it may be seen not less than till September twentieth Century Museumin Horn.