STOCKHOLM – Parishioners at a church in Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a 1.8-metre-tall statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego blocks.
Silly parish, he is the LOGOS not the LEGOS.
Lifted from The Ironic Catholic
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Considering some of the things you can make with LEGO’s, I think it’s pretty cool.
I agree with The Watcher. It looks pretty nice. It also lets us know that at least someone is still going to Mass in Europe.
Awesome.
Let’s hope no-one disassembles/reassembles it into a dog.
(I hope someone gets that reference.)
I actually have photos of the church and congregation, it helps explain a lot of the silliness:
http://thedivinelamp.stblogs.com/2009/04/13/lego-my-logos/
It looks pretty nice. It also lets us know that at least someone is still going to Mass in Europe.
It’s asinine. It’s also a Protestant church.
perhaps that explains Jesus’ prediction that he would rebuild the temple three days after it was destroyed.
Burnt– HA! Ba dump bump.
I think the statue looks good. Whoever made it must be very talented.
I was pretty sure that “lego” meant “to read” (or rather “I read”), but I looked it up anyway.
Turns out it also has the following meanings:
“gather, choose, collect, pass through” — all of which seem applicable to Christ. So maybe they knew what they were doing 🙂
Then again, “lego” (or more commonly, “leggo”) can just be a slang version of “let go.” So one could interpret the statue as representing Christ’s kenosis.
Or it could just be a silly statue, and I’ve got way too much time on my hands.
I am gratified to see that Lego-block art is being advanced in our day.
To paraphrase Sr. Rosalind Moss when asked why her new order is dedicated to the Habit, she replied “because whatever one thinks of God, when they see me in this, they WILL think of God.” If God is in all things, surely he’s in Lego Jesus. Who knows what spark that will light in some soul … actually, it would THRILL my 9yo son.
I must admit I’m baffled by the knee-jerk reaction against this statue. Does it not look like Jesus? (I think it does). Does the sculpture depict Christ in a sacrilegious manner? Or is it simply the fact that the medium used was Lego? I think it is a wonderful piece of art that clearly required talent and patience to construct. I think it is a wonderful example that anything can be made to serve the Lord. And I think it’s worth noting that the real Christ clothed himself in dust when he chose to be incarnated. I don’t think he’d have much of a problem being depicted by Lego’s.
Maybe a Weeble Jesus would be better. You knock weebles down they just keep getting back up.
The statue in and of itself isn’t bad (indeed, it could be considered a masterpiece), but it would be better served if it were placed somewhere else, maybe a LEGO museum for art or even at a parish display. For a church that can afford it, can’t they use more precious materials?
As for the etymology of “Lego”, the Wikipedia entry says the company name Lego was coined by Christiansen from the Danish phrase leg godt, which means “play well”. I used to collect Legoland toys as a kid for good grades and went to Legoland in Carlsbad, California once.
It might be OK in an art museum or something but as an object of devotion in an actual parish setting it seems a bit kitsch
I thought it was beautiful.Why not use a piece of contemporary life and let it reflect Christ?
Not only strange to be done in Legos, but didja know this is the Mormon Jesus? Mormons have their own distinctive religious artowrk, and this statue is a classic. The original stands in Temple Square in Salt Lake City. All my Mormon acquaintances here in Utah have one or more in their homes. Here’s a business that sells this artwork that is ubiquitous in Utah, so you can see it from several angles: http://www.wasatchsculpture.com/gallery/christus/christus.html