This sculpture of an owl took 50,000 pieces of Lego

EkowNimakois part of the generation of artists who grew up onLego, and his recent sculptureSilent Knightcreated forNuitBlanche proves he's mastered the medium in his own edgy and completely unique way.

The little plastic blocks made by Lego since 1949 have built everything from simple houses to recreations of the sets fromStar WarsandHarry Potter. But they're not just toys essential to a happy childhood: they've become artist's materials. Right now, you can dump Lego into the sunroof of a car parked near Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario for notorious Chinese artist Ai Weiwei; andThe Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia just opened their exhibitionThe Art of the Brick: DC Comics ina city, by the way, that hosted celebrated artist Olafur Eliasson's monumental Lego project only a few years ago.

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