Shen
Xiaonan along with fellow Chinese sculptor Zhang Yaxi and
French
sculptor Laury Dizengremel created the Tennis Terracotta Warriors
(Wanqiu Bingmayong) sculpture series for the ATP / Tennis Master Cup Shanghai 2007.
This is the final image released by the ATP in Shanghai of the 8
"best of the best" tennis players in the world with their Terracotta
Warrior sculptures, which was then distributed to the media worldwide
(and reproduced across a double page spread in the Sunday Times in
London!)
Click here to see it large!
Photo credit: Quentin Shih
(Above)
Shen Xiaonan working on the clay bust of top tennis player Rafael Nadal
for the Terracotta Warriors of Tennis in his Tank Loft Contemporary
Arts Center studio, adjacent to the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in
Chongqing.
Photo credit: Zhang Zhenxue
The 8 top tennis players in the world who
qualified for the Tennis
Masters Cup Shanghai 2007 were all portrayed as Tennis Terracotta
Warriors:
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy
Roddick, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez and
Richard Gasquet.
(Above) Shen Xioanan touching up resin statue of Rafael Nadal, next to
Roger Federer, both portrayed as Tennis Terracotta Warriors (shown here
without their final patination)
Photo credit: Zhang Zhenxue
(Above) Chinese sculptor Shen Xiaonan and French
sculptor
Laury Dizengremel worked together with fellow sculptor Zhang Yaxi to
create the Tennis Terracotta Warrior series.
Photo credit: Zhang Zhenxue
(Above) Shen Xioanan and fellow sculptor Laury Dizengremel with their
first 3 Terracotta Warriors of Tennis sculptures.
Photo credit: Zhang Zhenxue
(Above) The first 4 Tennis Terracotta Warriors with only their first
patination layer applied.
Photo credit: David McBride
(Above) Roger Federer with his Tennis Terracotta Warrior sculpture
Photo credit: ATP Media photographer
(Above) The first 3 Tennis Terracotta Warriors were flown to Madrid for
the Mutua Madrilena Master Series event there in October 2007. Shen
Xiaonan was unable to attend as he was continuing to wok on the series
in Chonqging.
Photo credit: ATP Media photographer
(Above) One of 3 small rough maquettes (sculpture studies) made by the
team of sculptors in June 2007 - this one by Shen Xiaonan and Laury
Dizengremel was selected
for the final larger than lifesize Tennis Terracotta Warrior series of
8 sculptures (although the tennis racquet was changed to the be held to
the right rather than the left).
Photo credit: Shen Xioanan
An image created by David McBride of the 8 completed tennis warriors
before they left Chongqing where we created them in our Tank Loft Arts
Center studios. Click here or on the image itself to see this a larger view.
Photo credit: David McBride
For more information, please see the TMC's website at http://www.masters-cup.com/1/home/
And to contact Shen Xiaonan please send E-Mail.
See also http://www.laurydizengremel.com
and http://www.zhangyaxi.com
©
Copyright all images on this page: ATP
Please note:
since all visual records for this project officially
belong to the ATP, Shen Xioanan is grateful to be able to use them here
and
requests they not be downloaded or used without the express permission
of the ATP.
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