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Terracotta Warrior Statues City Weekend - Shanghai, China The TMC brings Tennis Warriors to Shanghai Sculpture Commission by the ATP for the Tennis Master Cup Shanghai - 2007 Title
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TMC brings warriors to Shanghai
"The idea of tying an iconic symbol of China in with the Tennis Master's Cup in Shanghai is a brilliant concept" says French sculptor Laury Dizengremel whose hands gave shape to the eight (tennis) Terracotta Warriors..... "It was really interesting for me to work out how to balance the heads with the bodies. Obviously the terracotta Warriors are all very similar to each other - here there's more variety, each warrior has to look like a tennis player" While her twenty-first century warriors have undoubtedly been the talk of the art and tennis world, the "Chosen Eight" are the most enthusiastic about the pieces. [....] Serbia's Novak Djokovic ranked third in the world says seeing himself "as a Terracotta" tops all other experiences that await in Shanghai. (Tennis Master Cup Shanghai 2007 qualifiers shown in photo with "Serving up terracotta tennis culture" caption: from left to right are Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic.) Media pages for sculpture series on this website: Daily Telegraph - Sunday Times (England) Sports Illustrated - Tennis Magazine - Shanghai Morning Post - Chengdu Business Journal - Chongqing Morning Post - Shanghai City Weekend and Talk Magazine (China) France 2 / Stade 2 French TV - L'Equipe Sport (France) Back to Tennis Terracotta Warrior Sculptures Blog- Behind the Scenes Story Article
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