Maya Ying Lin is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Although she is best known for historical memorials, she is also known for environmentally themed works, which often address environmental decline. According to Lin, she draws inspiration from the architecture of nature but believes that nothing she creates can match its beauty.
Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Although she is best known for historical memorials, she is also known for environmentally themed works, which often address environmental decline. According to Lin, she draws inspiration from the architecture of nature but believes that nothing she creates can match its beauty.
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Related works from the webThe Last Memorial (2009)
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Dematerializing the Memorial: An Interview with Maya Lin — Art21
The Women's Table (1993)
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WOMEN'S TABLE — MAYA LIN STUDIO
Eclipsed Time (1995)
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Eclipsed Time, 1989 - 1995 - Maya Lin - WikiArt.org
Blue Lake Pass
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Maya Lin - Sculpture
Women's Table (1993)
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WOMEN'S TABLE — MAYA LIN STUDIO
“It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.”
Maya Lin