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3D Lego Terracotta Army

Artists work among partly drawn LEGO-style soldiers in an anamorphic pavement painting in Sarasota.
Artwork FileSarasota, Florida · United States

3D Lego Terracotta Army

SeenNovember 2011

Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink · Sarasota, Florida

Photo: Zinnia Jones, as credited in International Business Times, 10 November 2011. Source image already in Street Art Utopia archive, media 48073. Exact camera date not recorded. Work in progress. Photo credit

Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink painted a LEGO-style Terracotta Army for the fourth Sarasota Chalk Festival in 2011. Keer designed the pavement illusion, replacing ancient soldiers with toy figures and supporting the campaign to release Ego Leonard. Source Checked

The painting is documented during the November 2011 festival. International Business Times reports a festival-wide street wash after the event, but the exact removal date of this individual work is unconfirmed. Later publications do not establish survival. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. A shared workThe artist archive credits all four artists and identifies Keer as the designer. Source Checked
  2. An ancient army, recast as toysKeer’s archive identifies Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army as the inspiration, with LEGO-style figures used as models. Source Checked
  3. The missing figure had a purposePatch's contemporary announcement says one Ego figure was missing from the planned army, linking the image to the Free Ego campaign. Source Reported
  4. About 100 square metresKeer’s archive gives an approximate area of 100 square metres for the anamorphic painting. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Burns Square, Sarasota, Florida, United States Source Checked

Open in Maps

Map shows Burns Square, the documented festival area. The exact painting position has not been established.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20111 Nov

    Patch announces the four-artist project and its Free Ego connection.

  2. 20113 Nov

    The Observer describes Keer’s submitted Terracotta Army design; a report, not a finished-work sighting.

  3. 20119 Nov

    Flickr publishes photographs of the completed army.

  4. 201110 Nov

    International Business Times publishes Zinnia Jones’s photograph of the work in progress; publication date.

  5. 201415 Feb

    Artist archive republishes the work and explicitly dates it to 2011.

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps are reports or records. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Artists
Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik, Peter Westerink Source Checked
Design
Leon Keer Source Checked
Year
2011 Source Checked
Event
Fourth Sarasota Chalk Festival Source Checked
Location
Burns Square, Sarasota Source Checked
Area
About 100 square metres Source Reported
Inspiration
Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army, with LEGO-style figures Source Checked
Campaign
Support for the release of Ego Leonard Source Reported
Medium
Anamorphic chalk pavement painting Source Checked
Present condition
Not established by the historical evidence listed here. Source Unconfirmed

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Zinnia Jones, as credited in International Business Times, 10 November 2011. Source image already in Street Art Utopia archive, media 48073. Exact camera date not recorded. Work in progress. Photo credit

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