David Ma
Name: Land of Me (American Bones)
Medium: Laser Etch on Cattle Bone
Year: 2022-2023
Dimensions: 10 × 7 inches (H x W)
Reflecting the origins of Chinese Americans in the West. I used cattle bones as a central motif to draw parallels between the exploitation of Chinese coolies in the Americas and the historical use of oracle bones in China, which served as early tools for language and record-keeping. New World Artifacts.
When are we free from being perpetual foreigners? Is it when our bones burn and bleed?
Land of the Free
Land of My Mother
Land of My Father
Land of My Sisters
Land of Me
Land of My Mother
Land of My Father
Land of My Sisters
Land of Me
Bones have been monumental in the conception of my ceramic chairs series. It's oftentimes the earliest remnants of Asian Americans, in their resistance against violent racist mobs.
