Maya Lin: Topologies (Artist and the Community)

Lin, Maya Ying. With Essays by Michael Brenson, Terri Dowell-Dennis, and Jeff Fleming

ISBN 10: 1888826053 / ISBN 13: 9781888826050

Edité par Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1998

A propos de cet article

56 pages; Illustrated throughout. Documents a project involving Lin with community groups and local designers to use art as a vehicle for solving the overwhelming problems facing cities today. Maya Lin is the world-renowned architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, and one of the most important public artists of this century. She is known for her large-scale environmental artworks, her architectural works and her memorial designs. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Lin has been profiled in TIME, The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, among many other media outlets. The 1996 documentary about her, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. In 2009, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the nation?s highest honor for artistic excellence. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Lin the nation?s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, praising her for a celebrated career in both art and architecture, and for creating a sacred place of healing in our nation?s capital.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Maya Lin: Topologies (Artist and the Community)
• Éditeur: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1888826053
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781888826050
• Reliure: Softcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 16 onces
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art