Of Two Lineages (2017) 

James Dinh

DESCRIPTION:   17-foot cylindrical painted steel sculpture with 100 facets, surrounded by a square plaza space with built-in concrete benches lined with photographs of  the faces of 100 Vietnamese-Americans

From the artist: "to represent the 100 children of the Vietnamese origin story, and to resemble a paper lantern or the trunk of a bamboo tree" - James Dinh 
LOCATION:  northeast of the north entrance to the Phước Lộc Thọ / Asian Garden Mall, 9200 Bolsa Avenue, Westminster, California, USA

Artist's Statement from Plaque:


OF TWO LINEAGESA long time ago there lived a king namedLac Long Quan, who ruled over the lowlands of an ancient country, a place blessed with abundant riversand coastlines.  One day he met and married a  princess named Au Co, who hailed from the mountains, a land of lush forests and clouds.  From their union one hundred eggs were born.  After hatching, fifty of the children followed their father to his kingdom, and the other half ascended to the highlands with their mother.  These one hundred children are believed to be the ancestors of the Vietnamese people, who often refer to themselves as Con Rong, Chau Tienor children of the Dragon and the Fairy.The artwork is a contemporary re-telling of this legend.  Out of the tears of history, a people rebuilt a new community and took roots in a land so different from the one whence they came.  Yet, as the decendants of the one-hundred children, these people will always be connected to the ancestral land through legends, traditions, and family ties.James DinhArtistMay 2017