2024-11-08T13:39:48-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150251801/100-000-piece-gargantuan-afrofuturist-lego-sculpture-acquired-by-aga-khan-museum Sean Joyner 2021-02-25T12:19:00-05:00 >2021-02-25T12:19:11-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/00/008facbb6cb099d722da841f04b66717.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has acquired a colossal sculpture made from 100,000 pieces of Lego by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, who is known for his Afrofuturist reimaginings of Black histories built from Lego bricks.</p></em><br /><br /><p>According the&nbsp;<em>The Art Newspaper,</em> "the 30 sq-ft sculpture&nbsp;<em>Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE</em>&nbsp;(2019) conceptually envisions the ancient trading town in Mauritania one thousand years in the future, as a vast and complex metropolis once again." The piece was a part of the artist's 2019 solo exhibition&nbsp;<em>Building Black: Civilisations</em> that was held at the museum.</p>