Swedish church unveils Lego Jesus statue for Easter

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STOCKHOLM (AFP) — While most Christians mark Easter with prayers and song, one Swedish church opened its mass Sunday by unveiling a life-size Lego statue of Jesus Christ, its pastor told AFP.
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Churchgoers had donated nearly 30,000 Lego bricks to build the 1.78 metre (5.8 foot) high statue, said Per Wilder, the pastor of the Oensta Gryta Church in Vaesteras, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) west of Stockholm.
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“This work began a year and a half ago so we saw that the initiation date was fitting in well (with this year’s Easter holiday),” Wilder said.
“It is a fantastic installation and it will be there as long as we think it is in a good spot,” he said.
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“All those I spoke with were full of praise, saying how fantastic the model looks and how much good work we put into this,” Wilder said.
The model was based on Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsens’s 19th century work Christus, which depicts the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Wilder said the statue would remain permanently at the church and there were no plans to sell it to raise funds.
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From the picture it looks pretty good – I wonder how close you have to get to see that it is made out of Legos?
 
about right there. I am having difficulty, with the right foot and the left hand. While I am happy that they chose to put it together with white blocks; I find it very distasteful.
 
I look at it this way: children by and large don’t have access to materials like marble or granite, and their hands are often not yet steady enough for sculpting. Perhaps pieces like this will encourage them to work with the materials they have access to, so that they might later move on to more sophisticated media.
 
Havard said:
I look at it this way: children by and large don’t have access to materials like marble or granite, and their hands are often not yet steady enough for sculpting. Perhaps pieces like this will encourage them to work with the materials they have access to, so that they might later move on to more sophisticated media.
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Isn’t that what legoland is for?
 
Schluns said:
about right there. I am having difficulty, with the right foot and the left hand. While I am happy that they chose to put it together with white blocks; I find it very distasteful.
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I will disagree. It’s something to draw children in - or maybe even folks that have little contact or interest with the Church.

The article is small and leaves out the intent of the creation. What was the orignial purpose, who helped, was the idea forged in the heads of children? So much left out that is important to the whole story of why the parish slelected to create this out of Legos instead of say…plaster of paris or a giant butter sculpture like we recently had in the states.

Even children’s play toys - Legos in this case- can be used for the good of God.
 
It’s MUCH better than the chocolate, life size, naked Jesus that they tried to pass off as art in NYC a couple years ago!
 
An imaginative depiction of how each of the individual members of the Church are joined together within the Mystical Body of Christ. Nicely done.
 
It’s horrible! Have any of you looked at it, really looked at it? One poster has problems with one of the hands and one of the feet - what about the face? It’s totally unrecognizable!

And they plan to leave it there permanently!

This statue should be dismantled immediately and never again be seen!
 
Catholic1954 said:
It’s MUCH better than the chocolate, life size, naked Jesus that they tried to pass off as art in NYC a couple years ago!
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Yes, but was it installed in a church or a art gallery? Both are poor choices, but as a church installation is a very poor choice.
 
honestly… one of the Master Builders (they work for Lego’s) probably could have done a much better job. They would have made it more smooth looking and you would barely see any lines unless you were right up on it.
Our Museum as a Lego exhibit right now and it’s pretty awesome, it’s amazing what you can do with Lego’s.

Putting it in a church…I don’t know. That um…Why not in the museum or something?
 
AmberDale said:
honestly… one of the Master Builders (they work for Lego’s) probably could have done a much better job. They would have made it more smooth looking and you would barely see any lines unless you were right up on it.
Our Museum as a Lego exhibit right now and it’s pretty awesome, it’s amazing what you can do with Lego’s.

Putting it in a church…I don’t know. That um…Why not in the museum or something?
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I have been thinking of going and seeing the lego display at the Children’s Museum, is it really that good?
 
Catholic1954 said:
It’s MUCH better than the chocolate, life size, naked Jesus that they tried to pass off as art in NYC a couple years ago!
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:eek:
Joan_M said:
It’s horrible! Have any of you looked at it, really looked at it? One poster has problems with one of the hands and one of the feet - what about the face? It’s totally unrecognizable!
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It’s made of lego. Besides, we don’t know what Jesus’s face actually looked like. Everyone knows what the statue is supposed to be, so I don’t see the problem.
 
Marble is compressed and heated dead animal and plant remains. When we make a statue out of it we are insulting the god of life. Its like making a statue out of rotting corpses. No material is “good” enough for God, it was the intent and the hard labour they put into it, that is what makes it beautiful to God, not the material or media.
 
A lot of work must have gone into it. I’m really curious about the process they used to design and build it.

Was it worth all their hard work? That’s another question entirely!
 
As a LEGO artist, I can say that the statue could have been done MUCH better… as for the placement of it in a place of worship, I find that a little off-color. And the motivations for its placement seem a little too apparent, otherwise, there probably wouldn’t be a news article about it and we wouldn’t be discussing it.

Obviously I see LEGO as a valid artistic medium, and many people are starting to see that too. I’ve even made several Catholic creations. However, LEGO art still contains a great amount of novelty that would take away from the reverence due to a place of worship.
 
bml said:
As a LEGO artist, I can say that the statue could have been done MUCH better… as for the placement of it in a place of worship, I find that a little off-color. And the motivations for its placement seem a little too apparent, otherwise, there probably wouldn’t be a news article about it and we wouldn’t be discussing it.

Obviously I see LEGO as a valid artistic medium, and many people are starting to see that too. I’ve even made several Catholic creations. However, LEGO art still contains a great amount of novelty that would take away from the reverence due to a place of worship.
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