Lego bricks used to create works of art

Whoever thinks snapping toy Lego bricks together is mere child's play should study the works of artist Nathan Sawaya on exhibit at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. ``I like the distinct lines, right angles and sharp corners, but when you step away you see the human form and the rounded shapes emerge. ``If you keep an open mind, you can make art of the least expected things,'' said Michael Gluzman of Aventura, who brought his son, Alec, 9, to the live event. The seemingly rounded corners of a half-real, half-Lego 2,989-brick red bicycle. It's all about perspective,'' said Sawaya, as he was surrounded by hundreds of onlookers who watched him click bricks into a peace-sign sculpture at the center June 5. The imagined curved lines of a cello created with 6,540 rich-brown bricks. The answer is simple: One brick at a time.