The LEGO Group has introduced a partnership with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna to launch a 4,000-piece Lego set of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1907–08).
The set, the most important painting-inspired one which the corporate has ever produced, can be out there for buy starting August 1. It has a retail worth of $299.99.
In contrast to the unique portray, the Lego model of The Kiss is technically three-dimensional, as constructing lovers (ages 18+, per the field) are supposed to stack numerous sections of the portray atop each other, giving the completed product extra depth than Klimt’s unique portray. Whereas most LEGO units historically characteristic paper directions on the best way to construct the ultimate piece, this one may also have interactive 3D directions that can be out there by way of the LEGO Builder app.
In accordance with a launch, Stephanie Auer, the Beleveder’s curator of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century artwork, labored intently with Milan Madge, LEGO’s grasp mannequin designer, to make sure that “the set faithfully recreates Klimt’s signature fashion utilizing layered textures and complex particulars” and that it “captures the emotion, ornamentation and luminous color palette that outlined the Austrian modernist painter’s work and the Vienna Secession motion.”
“Reimagined by means of LEGO bricks,” the discharge provides, “the paintings turns into an immersive artistic expertise that blends artwork, design and aware constructing.” Auer and Madge will focus on their collaboration in a LEGO podcast episode, which releases on August 1.
“Working as a curator for the variation of Klimt’s The Kiss right into a LEGO Artwork set was a once-in-a-lifetime expertise,” Auer mentioned in an announcement. “Along with Milan Madge, we had in depth discussions about Gustav Klimt’s symbolism, ornamentation, and creative methods, in addition to how these may very well be represented utilizing LEGO bricks. Distinctive options such because the flatness and composition have been rigorously translated into LEGO bricks – all the time with the aim of staying true to the spirit of the unique work.”
The forthcoming “ LEGO® Artwork Gustav Klimt – The Kiss ” has a depth of 1.5 inches.
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The Lego model has additionally barely adjusted the size of The Kiss, which is an ideal sq. and measures 180×180 centimeters (about 71×71 inches, or almost 6 toes). The scaled-down Lego model is 60×54 centimeters (23.5×21 inches) and has a depth of 4 centimeters (1.5 inches). As soon as completed Lego Klimt can also be prepared to hold on one’s wall and it incorporates a built-in hanging mechanism in its again that enables for nails or hooks to simply slide in.
LEGO has beforehand launched different units that reimagine well-known artworks, although none fairly as shut as capturing the artistry as the unique as its model of The Kiss. Two of them have been performed in partnership with museums—interpretations of Claude Monet’s Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1899), with the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York, and Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1889), with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam—whereas its takes on Leonardo da Vinic’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–06), Robert Indiana’s LOVE (1965), and Hokusai’s The Nice Wave (1831) have been performed with out an institutional backing.
“Recreating Klimt’s The Kiss in LEGO brick type was a singular artistic problem, requiring us to seize its wealthy textures, golden tones, and complex element whereas honouring the unique masterpiece,” Madge mentioned in an announcement. “By combining golden LEGO parts with specifically embellished items, we have been in a position to recreate the paintings’s distinctive shades and textures in a constructing expertise that celebrates its extraordinary magnificence.”
