Description: This mosaic depicts Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., addressing a large audience at the Freedom Rally in Los Angeles in 1963. If you’d like to listen to the “We Want to be Free” speech that MLK delivered that day, it can be found here, on Michelle Ngome’s website.
Inspiration: I was inspired to learn more about MLK and the social justice movement, when I found the amazing photo by Julian Wasser that inspired this mosaic. As I created this mosaic I listened to Dr. King’s sermons and as I listened and created, I often felt like a member of the audience at the rally. Click here to view my presentation of this LEGO mosaic at the 2021 Eastern Michigan University MLK Celebration.
Size: ~15,000 LEGO bricks, 67″ x 52″
Hours to create: ~150 (completed in 2021)
This mosaic was exhibited at ArtPrize 2021 in Grand Rapids, MI.
This mosaic is on display at Art Unified (1329 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA, 90291), where it is offered for sale.
