Ever play with LEGO bricks as a child?
I did and thought I used to be fairly inventive with them. I had a blast making every thing from animals, to bridges, to vehicles, airplanes, rockets, robots and extra.
This is far more than that.
This is taking one thing so easy and turning it into one thing really wonderful and provoking.
Think of it as, there are bazillions (or extra, in all probability, I do not know) of atoms floating round at all occasions — however to truly break up one? That’s uncommon.
That’s just about what Sean Kenney has accomplished with LEGO bricks in his latest exhibition “Nature POP!”
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Opening on Saturday at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach, this exhibition will function greater than 40 of Kenney’s unimaginable sculptures produced from greater than 800,000 LEGO items.
The sculptures, which discover the great thing about nature via highly-stylized, colourful shows, will stand in placing distinction with their environment.
Produced by Imagine Exhibitions, “Nature POP!” blends art, science, and innovation in the show of the artist’s latest, never-before-seen sculptures.

Through his use of vibrant colours and daring model, Kenney is pushing the boundaries of the medium in his newest exhibition.
Inspired by the pop art motion, his work on “Nature POP!” performs on that motion’s rules by blurring the boundaries between austere and the on a regular basis, and attracts from a perception that every thing is interconnected.
These intricate sculptures will invite friends to think about the relationships that exist in nature from the fragile balances of predator and prey, to the commonalities between species as they take care of and nurture their younger and even the affect people have on the pure world.
Most importantly, the exhibition permits guests to understand each nature and the sculptures as one thing beautiful, and to hopefully encourage them to go residence and create one thing great themselves.
Presenting a playful spin on conventional sculptural art, Nature POP! is an accessible expertise for all ages.
“We are very excited to welcome Sean Kenney back to the Garden to debut his new exhibition in Florida,” stated Rochelle Wolberg, curator-director for Mounts Botanical Garden. “’Nature POP!’ is the perfect way to launch the new year and is guaranteed to thrill visitors of all ages. It highlights our Season of Awe and Wonder.”
Kenney’s exhibition “Nature Connects” was on show from November 2015 to February 2016 at the backyard and featured 14 larger-than-life-sized sculptures.
Though he will not be readily available when “Nature POP!” opens Saturday, he can be stopping by the backyard on March 2.
Considered one of many main consultants in his medium and a founding member a number of packages that assist this rising art type, Kenney has been an official companion with The LEGO group and works each day at his studio in Brooklyn. In addition to creating wonderful works, he has additionally authored 9 youngsters’s books. For data, go to www.seankenney.com
Lead sponsor for Nature POP! Is the Hanley Foundation. Select sculptures and murals are sponsored by Renée Rotta, Lewis Pollack and Iggy, and by an nameless donor.
“We are so delighted to sponsor this exciting exhibit,” stated Jan Cairnes, CEO for Hanley Foundation. “We hope families will come together to enjoy this incredible opportunity to connect with nature and connect as a family. Family time is time well spent.”
What: “Nature POP!” by LEGO artist Sean Kenney
Where: Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach
When: Opens Saturday and runs via May 1 with viewing occasions 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday via Sunday.
Cost: Mounts members free; adults $15; seniors (65 and older), faculty college students and army $12; ages 6 to 17 $7; youngsters 5 and below free.
Information: www.mounts.org
Norton’s Mexican expertise consists of chamber music live performance
In celebration of the exhibition of Mexican trendy art presently on view, violinist Junko Ohtsu returns to the Norton to carry out with cellist Evelyn Elsing and pianist Colette Valentine.

The program will function the beautiful, however not often carried out, music of Mexican composers Carlos Chávez and Manuel Maria Ponce.
These composers have been contemporaries of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Chavez even lived with painter Rufino Tamayo in New York City for a time.
Like their contemporaries, each composers championed Mexican folks traditions whereas exploring classical and trendy types in their music, as properly.
What: Chamber Music
Where: The Norton Museum of Art, 1450 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach
When: 6 p.m. Monday
Cost: members $10, nonmembers $15
Information: www.norton.org