Lin, Maya, 1959- artist, author.
Maya Lin : topologies / foreword by John McPhee ; essays by Michael Brenson, William L. Fox, Paul Goldberger, Philip Jodidio, Maya Lin, Lisa Phillips, and Dava Sobel ; index by Tan Lin.
New York : Rizzoli, 2015.
©2015
399 pages, 1 long folded page : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 32 cm
1. The first comprehensive monograph on the acclaimed American artist and architect, known for her environmental works and memorials that distill a tranquil yet texturally rich minimalism. Maya Lin is one of the most important public artists of this century. As an architecture student at Yale, Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a class project, entering it in the largest design competition in American history. Her winning proposal, a V-shaped wall of black stone etched with the names of 58,000 dead soldiers, has since become the most visited memorial in the nation's capital.
The first comprehensive monograph on the acclaimed American artist and architect, known for her environmental works and memorials that distill a tranquil yet texturally rich minimalism. Maya Lin is one of the most important public artists of this century. As an architecture student at Yale, Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a class project, entering it in the largest design competition in American history. Her winning proposal, a V-shaped wall of black stone etched with the names of 58,000 dead soldiers, has since become the most visited memorial in the nation's capital.
"The first comprehensive monograph on the acclaimed American artist and architect, known for her environmental works and memorials that distill a tranquil yet texturally rich minimalism. Maya Lin is one of the most important public artists of this century. As an architecture student at Yale, Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a class project, entering it in the largest design competition in American history. Her winning proposal, a V-shaped wall of black stone etched with the names of 58,000 dead soldiers, has since become the most visited memorial in the nation's capital. This visually rich volume presents 50 projects from the last three decades that demonstrate the scope of Lin's creative process, featuring her own sketches and drawings and linked by her ideal of making a place for individuals within the landscape. With her environmental works Storm King Wavefield, Eleven-Minute Line (Sweden), and Pin River--Yangtze (Beijing), Lin maintains a balance between art and architecture, drawing inspiration from culturally diverse sources. From the moment she entered the national spotlight with her design for the Vietnam Memorial, Lin has been proposing ways of thinking and imagining that resist categories, genres, and borders"--Provided by publisher.
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Lin, Maya, 1959- Catalogs.
Lin, Maya, 1959- Criticism and interpretation.
Lin, Maya (Maya Ying), 1959-
Lin, Maya, 1959-
Art and architecture United States Catalogs.
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Outdoor sculpture United States Catalogs.
Art et architecture Catalogues États-Unis.
Œuvres in situ Catalogues États-Unis.
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20.30 history of art: general.
Art and architecture.
Earthworks (Art)
Outdoor sculpture.
Site-specific art.
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catalogs (documents)
Catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Catalogues.
Brenson, Michael, author.
Fox, William L., 1949- author.
Goldberger, Paul, author.
Jodidio, Philip, author.
Phillips, Lisa, 1954- author.
Sobel, Dava, author.
McPhee, John (John A.), writer of foreword.
Lin, Tan, 1957- writer of supplementary textual content.
Topologies
Location: Library main 295538
Call No.: BIB 241771
Status: Available
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