Oi Lin finally makes it to a bench and sits down. This is outside the Hong Kong Arts Centre on the corner of Fenwick Street and Harbour Road. Loy has followed her from the shop and watches her (a bit creepily I might add, but we know he's a good guy) from the walkway over Harbour Road. The large metal sculpture is a famous piece by Chinese artist, Sui Jianguo, and is one of a series of works titled 'Legacy Mantle'. It basically depicts a Mao suit jacket as some sort of commentary on idol worship. Funnily enough it is no longer there, but before we blame the modern atmosphere of Hong Kong, it appears to have been removed sometime between 2011 and 2016 (these are the available dates on the historical images from Steetview). It's possible it was damaged during the 2014 "Occupy Central" protests, but I have no idea. It may have just gotten too rusty. A google search brings up nothing about its removal, so if anyone has any info, please feel free to comment (comments are moderated by me so don't have to appear online if you don't want them to - just drop a request in the same comment if so).
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