ZBIGNIEW LIBERA - Lego. Concentration Camp, 1996

Zbigniew Libera is a Polish artist. His works - photographs, video films, installations, objects and drawings - piercingly play with the stereotypes of contemporary culture. His work  "Lego Concentration Camp is designed to reveal the mechanisms of upbringing, education and cultural conditioning.


Lego. Concentration Camp, 1996

Set of 7 boxes of LEGO bricks, different sizes

Each box contains a set of bricks, that can be used to build the element of a concentration camp as shown on the box. All elements in the sets as well as those depicted on the boxes have either been taken from the mass-produced sets of LEGO bricks, or have been slightly altered by the artist. The prisoners are played by smiling skeletons from the "Pirate" set, while slightly modified figurines from the "Police Station" set appear as tormenters. We also encounter the captain of the camp and the psychopathic doctor, conducting experiments on prisoners.

from the artist website: 

http://raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/libera/libera.htm

lecture by Zbigniew Libera:

images of Lego. Concentration Camp