FOLD: Golden Venture Paper Sculptures, 2017

In 2017, MOCA presented FOLD: Golden Venture Paper Sculptures, an updated version of the museum’s 1996 Fly to Freedom exhibit. The show was revisited as a way to engage the public in conversation about the current climate of immigration in the U.S. The exhibition displayed over 40 paper sculptures created by Chinese passengers of the cargo ship, The Golden Venture, which ran aground at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York in 1993. The sculptures were created during their incarceration in U.S. prisons and depicted caged birds and bald eagles that were meant to symbolize the unrealized American dream that they had hoped for. Originally, these pieces were created as gifts for their lawyers and supporters, but as time as has passed, these pieces of folk art have become an entry point into a pointed exploration of U.S. immigration policy.

2017年,美国华人博物馆推出了展览“千折百转:金色冒险号纸雕的故事。”这是博物馆1996年的展览“飞向自由”的升级版。纸雕的重新展出使公众参与讨论当前美国的移民气候。该展陈列了40多件纸雕,这些纸雕是货轮“金色冒险号”上的中国乘客制作的,1993年该货轮在纽约皇后区的洛克威海滩搁浅。这些中国乘客在美国监狱监禁期间制作了这些纸雕,有笼中鸟和秃鹰,代表他们渴望而没有实现的美国梦。这些作品本来是用作赠送给他们的律师和支持者的礼物而做的,但随着时间的推移,这些民间艺术作品变成了探讨美国移民政策的一个切入点。