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Made in USA: Angel Island Shhh: An Installation by Flo Oy Wong
URL: http://www.kearnystreet.org/AngelIsland/

Description:
An online companion to a "rice-sack flag [art] installation that explores the identity secrets of Chinese immigrants detained and interrogated in the United States." The art piece was exhibited at Angel Island, an immigration station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Site includes a gallery of the flags, which capture the stories of Angel Island detainees, as well as a biography of the artist.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Angel Island (Calif.) -- History
Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Chinese American artists
Chinese Americans -- History
Installations (Art)
People
Wong, Flo Oy, 1938-

LII Database Information:
Record 2190 created by Jerry Dear on 05/11/2003
Last modification on 05/14/2003
Published: 05/11/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2190