QUEENS, N.Y. - You can now see the world's largest display of Lego art at the New York Hall of Science in Corona, Queens.

Artist Nathan Sawaya created more than 100 pieces for his exhibit titled the Art of the Brick.

"I had my first LEGO set when I was five but it was later on in life that I discovered it as an art medium," Sawaya said.

Some of the pieces are replicas of world-famous masterpieces like Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Sawaya says through his work, he tries to appeal to kids' sense of play while educating them about art history.

 

"It's a tribute to just how creative Nathan is as an artist but, I think also so much of our audience is full of young people and I think that families and young people are going to find this exhibit to be incredibly inspiring," Sawaya said.

Sawaya has a studio in Los Angeles where he makes his creations from a collection of ten million LEGO bricks.

Perfecting his craft takes a lot of patience, particularly as he glues each individual brick together so that the structures are sturdy enough to be shipped around the world.