"The Last Empress" by Amy Lau and Rob Dolphin is part of the BC Lions Society Terracotta Warriors public art project. Look for her in Yaletown
The city has an army of protectors watching over us with the Terracotta Warriors public art project. Local artists painted 33 of these 2-m- (7-ft-) high fibreglass sculptures, which guard the streets of Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond until October, when they will be auctioned to benefit the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities. All but one of the statues are replicas of the famous clay Terracotta Army, which was buried with China’s first emperor in 210 BC to defend him in the afterlife. Look for “The Last Empress” by Amy Lau and Rob Dolphin (pictured), who created the only female of the bunch. This likeness of China’s 19th-century empress connects the Terracotta Army with the country’s last true imperial power. For a map of locations, visit www.terracottawarriors.ca.—Kristina Urquhart
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