It reads:
In the late 1970's and early 1980's Vietnamese refugees fled Vietnam by boat and migrated to many countries, including the United States. Known as "Boat People" many families resettled in the greater Phoenix area, and as Vietnamese Americans they contribute to the rich cultural diversity of the American West. Vietnamese artist Khang Pham-New created these sculptures to serve and show gratitude for both our country having given his people lawful permanent residency and to the Vietnamese immigrants for proudly preserving their cultural characteristics, most importantly family loyalty.
Reading that gave me a whole different perspective of this wonderful artist.
10 comments:
It is stone, and yet it looks fragile, amazing.
I love how the 2nd pic shows the 2 sections interacting, Sharon!
They're so smooth and tactile!
Beautiful and impressive. In the second photo, it looks like the piece is embracing itself in a hug.
What lovely graceful curves. I love it!
Especially poignant in light of today's controversies surrounding immigration.
Sleek.
It's a gorgeous piece. And once again...words fail me at what's happening with immigration now...
So beautiful Sharon, this sculpture and the previous sculpture you posted are as you said super 'touchable'.. love reading the artist's concept here, quite often it's hard to know the why of a sculpture 💜
Impressive.
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