Shipment to China is an abstract sculpture by Hai Ying Wu, installed in Tacoma, Washington's Prairie Line Trail, in the United States.[1] It has 100 bronze boxes on a 1909 train car.[2][3] According to Wu, the work "shows the bitterness of the Chinese experience in America during that time, for the railroad built by their efforts was the same transportation used to carry them out of Tacoma".[4]
| Shipment to China | |
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_-_029.jpg) The sculpture in Prairie Line Trail, Tacoma, Washington, 2023 | |
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| Artist | Hai Ying Wu |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Location | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| 47°14′53″N 122°26′13.5″W / 47.24806°N 122.437083°W | |
According to the Prairie Line Trail's website, the sculpture was donated by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation, restored and installed by the City of Tacoma, and funded by the Washington State Heritage Capital Projects Fund.[5]
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References edit
- ^ "Tacoma can play with the big cities now. It has its own linear park". The News Tribune. October 17, 2017.
- ^ "20 years later, Tacoma public artwork finds exhibit space at Foss Waterway Seaport". Tacoma Daily Index. 2015-09-17. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
- ^ "Tacoma sculpture about Chinese railroad workers found ...". The News Tribune. September 25, 2015.
- ^ Greyhavens, Tim (November 21, 2017). "Tacoma reckons with its racist past | Crosscut". Crosscut.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
- ^ "Shipment to China". Prairie Line Trail (City of Tacoma). Retrieved June 3, 2023.
External links edit
- Shipment to China by Hai Ying Wu, Tacoma Arts Commission
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