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title: "Lego Coffin"
summary: "Lego Coffin. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. This recently unpacked set contains a tragic paradox: it links childhood with drug trafficking and violence."
description: "This recently unpacked set contains a tragic paradox: it links childhood with drug trafficking and violence."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/ataud-de-lego/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-12T09:52:38-05:00"
---

Publicado: 11 of October of 2021

# Lego Coffin

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[Gallery 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

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](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/atahud-lego-fernando-arias-creditos-fernando-arias.jpg)

**Photo credits: Fernando Arias**  
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#### Fernando Arias

2000  
Lego and plywood  
Tailor-made for the author

This recently unpacked set contains a tragic paradox: it links childhood with drug trafficking and violence. It is a coffin marked by a white line symbolising cocaine, constructed with an inverted flag to signify the triumph of death and the failure of public institutions in addressing drugs. The work challenges the competence of the State and, in particular, Article 50 of the Political Constitution, which mandates health institutions to provide care to every child under one year old without social security coverage. This Lego piece denounces the incapacity of public authorities to protect the life, physical integrity, and health of Colombia’s children.

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#### See

[About the Artist](https://vimeo.com/fernandoarias)

[About the Artwork](https://www.artnexus.com/es/magazines/article-magazine-artnexus/5d6404d790cc21cf7c0a3587/86/fernando-arias)

[Sentencia T-731 de 2017. Derechos de niñas y niños](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2017/T-731-17.htm)

[Sentencia T-468 de 2018. Protección a la infancia](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2018/T-468-18.htm)

[Return to room 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

[](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/justicia/)

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