{"id":16175,"date":"2016-12-06T01:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T09:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=16175"},"modified":"2016-12-08T09:31:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T17:31:34","slug":"park-people-park-make-irresistible-selfie-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/park-people-park-make-irresistible-selfie-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"Park People at The Park Make for Irresistible Selfie Bait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Park, a restaurant row between Monte Carlo and New York-New York on the Las Vegas Strip, has become a hub for public art.<\/p>\n<p>Upping the selfie ante, The Park is currently playing host to Park People, a series of life-sized human figures fashioned entirely from Lego bricks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16176\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16176 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego6.jpg\" alt=\"Park People Las Vegas\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Lego&#8221; comes from the Danish phrase &#8220;leg godt,&#8221; or &#8220;play well.&#8221; A good fit for Las Vegas, actually.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Park People series was created by Nathan Sawaya, and is said to &#8220;explore the conceptual and expressive potential of process driven forms of the human body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, yeah, Lego people.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little video we slapped together, mainly because video is the new reading. Or something.<\/p>\n<p><center>httpvh:\/\/www.www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_edlmJ_NG-0<\/center>More Lego people, please!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16177\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16177 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego1.jpg\" alt=\"Park People Las Vegas\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dude, it&#8217;s Vegas. You might want to pick up some sunscreen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sawaya holds an intriguing distinction\u2014he is said to own more Lego bricks than any other individual, with two\u00a0million bricks in each of his two studios (one in L.A. and another in New York).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16178\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16178 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego3.jpg\" alt=\"Park People Lego art\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yeah, he&#8217;s nude, but at least he&#8217;d modest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During our recent visit, guests were cozying up to the \u00a0nine interactive figures, providing a memorable moment in Las Vegas for tourists and, as an added perk, great buzz for The Park.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16179\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16179 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego4.jpg\" alt=\"Park People Lego art\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego4-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch the hands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the news release about Park People, the Lego figures are &#8220;situated curiously&#8221; on &#8220;elegant&#8221; wooden benches. There&#8217;s a reason &#8220;elegant&#8221; is in quotation marks. Mostly because they&#8217;re just benches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16180\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16180 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego2.jpg\" alt=\"Park People artwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego2-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plural of Lego is Lego.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each Lego sculpture can take two to three weeks to build, and each Lego block must be glued into place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16181\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16181 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego5.jpg\" alt=\"Park People Lego\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/park_people_lego5-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pretty sure somebody&#8217;s going to be hearing from Blue Man Group&#8217;s lawyers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0Park People exhibit ends Dec. 30, 2016,\u00a0so if you&#8217;d like to see these Lego sculptures, you&#8217;d better step on it.<\/p>\n<p>Because Lego. &#8220;Step on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Park, a restaurant row between Monte Carlo and New York-New York on the Las Vegas Strip, has become a hub for public art. 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