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Jan Vormann: Repairing Monuments with Lego
Monday March 15, 2010

Monument restoration is a time consuming, detail-oriented, lengthy task. Why not use plastic Legos to take care of the job?

Jan Vormann travels the world repairing crumbling monuments with Lego blocks. Definitely a more colorful addition to the aging structures!

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Mr Vormann says: “My favorite work was done in Berlin. I filled in the holes still left by guns and shrapnel from the Second World War. That drew people's attention to the Lego and hopefully they would ask themselves why the Lego was there.”

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Post office entrance in the West Village, New York

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LEGO artist Jan Vormann fills up cracks in the region of Sabina, Italy, as part of the contemporary art festival '20 Eventi' during 2007

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Sabina, Italy

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Cracks in the walls of Yaffo in Tel Aviv, Israel, during 2008

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Lego bricks are visible on a wall in Bryant Park, New York

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Bullet and shrapnel holes in Berlin

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Vormann at work. (We're also loving those specs!)

More on Jann Vormann at www.janvormann.com

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