~Maya Lin~

Dew Point 11, 2007

Wavefield, 2010






Input, 2004

The Wave Field, 1995

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, 1982

Links: http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/266/maya-lin
          http://campusinfo.umich.edu/article/wave-field-north
          http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/390n-034.cfm
          http://www.mayalin.com/

Maya Lin is the first artist I've ever come across who makes art called "landscape sculptures" as one of the websites called it. I think the ability to shape such large patches of land is really interesting  especially because I read the outdoor works are always "changing" because as the sun changes in the sky, the shadows on the sculptures change too. I just thought this kind of artwork was new and refreshing. However, in addition to the landscape sculptures, Lin also makes architecture/memorials. For example, the one memorial I chose was the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial because I knew what it was previously from history classes, but we never truely went over who created it. I especially wasn't told that a woman created something so powerful and important. Although Lin does use the physical earth a lot, she also  creates some smaller pieces such as Dew Point 11 which I found very beautiful and like something I wouldn't mind having in my house. It reminds me of a Zen rock garden just because they're soft and circular in shape.