Another artwork about Hong Kong has been completed in the Liberty Sculpture Park, located east of Los Angeles.
Initiated by the Lion Rock Café, a New York-based Hong Kong organization, and painted by New York-based muralist Damien Mitchell with the help of the Hong Kong Forum (Los Angeles) and Liberty Sculpture Park, the “Hong Kong Era Revolution” mural captures Hong Kong protesters dressed in black and holding yellow umbrellas against tear gas. “A mural depicting Hong Kong protesters dressed in black and holding yellow umbrellas against tear gas.
Winnie, the project coordinator and volunteer at the Lion Rock Ice House, said the organization had planned to set up the mural in Brooklyn, New York, through crowdfunding the previous year to commemorate Hong Kong’s “anti-Send China” movement. However, the owners of the original site were concerned that the mural was too sensitive and the plan was put on hold. Subsequently, the Los Angeles Hong Kong Forum, which was informed of the matter, contacted the California Freedom Sculpture Park to provide a site. After more than a year and a half and many twists and turns, the 8-foot-8-inch-tall, 12-foot-long mural was finally located along Interstate 15, a major transportation route between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Winnie said he hopes the mural will bring more attention to Hong Kong and help the people of Hong Kong fight against totalitarianism. He also added that the Lion Rock Ice House aims to make the outside world aware of the series of events happening in Hong Kong through cultural activities, and will hold more solidarity events for Hong Kong in the future.
A sculpture of the Hong Kong Times Revolution made by sculptor Chen Weiming.
Sculptor Chen Weiming, the principal of the Freedom Sculpture Park, mentioned that the mural is less than 20 meters away from the Hong Kong Times Revolution sculpture completed last year, and the two are intertwined. He called on more people who were persecuted by the Chinese regime and whose freedom was eroded to go to the Freedom Sculpture Park to use their art to speak out and restore the truth of history.
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