NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – A brand new artwork set up that guests can stroll by on New York’s Governors Island options large chain hyperlinks grinding overhead, pointing to the legacy of slavery in the US.
Artist Charles Gaines says he wished to create a bit – which faces the Statue of Liberty and is roughly 100 ft (30.5 meters) lengthy that mirrored the sounds and historical past of the Mississippi River.
“The Mississippi River – which is the place that you simply discuss in regards to the historical past of American commerce, but additionally we will discuss in regards to the historical past of slavery,” stated Gaines.
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Reporting by Shannon Stapleton and Maria Alejandra Cardona
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