Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes (Signed First Edition)

LIN, Maya, Richard Andrews and John Beardsley

ISBN 10: 0300121202 / ISBN 13: 9780300121209

Published by Henry Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, Seattle, WA & New Haven, CT, 2006

About this Item

First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 112 pages. Features a foreword by Lawrence Weschler along with essays by Richard Andrews and John Beardsley. Includes numerous color images, list of selected works, list of previous exhibitions, and a bibliography. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear Signed by Maya Lin on the title page and uncommon as such.

Seller Inventory # 189790

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Henry Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, Seattle, WA & New Haven, CT
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300121202
• ISBN 13: 9780300121209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: dj
• Weight: 3.375 pounds
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

“Utilizing the way in which scientists and computers see our world, drawing on images based on sonar views of the ocean floor, to aerial and satellite views of the land, I have started to create artworks that translate that technological view into sculptural forms.” (Maya Lin)
One of the most celebrated artists working in the United States, Maya Lin (b. 1959) came to prominence in 1981 with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Generously illustrated and beautifully designed, Systematic Landscapes traces her continued fascination with geologic phenomena and topography, integrating natural contours and materials into evocative landscape sculptures such as Character of a Hill Under Glass (2002) and 11 Minute Line (2004).
As the book reveals, Lin’s earthworks and public sculptures have always developed alongside small-scale, exploratory sculptures and monumental temporary installations, such as Avalanche (1998), through which Lin evokes the physical processes that shape the earth. This important volume also introduces three major new installation works created for the "Systematic Landscapes" exhibition, along with a series of related drawings and reliefs demonstrating the expanding scope of Lin’s creative process. The largest of these installations, 2 x 4 Landscape, is composed from more than 45,000 sections of lumber placed on end that from a distance take on a pixel-like image of a hill, and close up create a form that evokes both mound and wave, earth and water.
Systematic Landscapes is of interest to newcomers to Maya Lin's work as well as to longtime enthusiasts of her unique artistic creations and stunning design work.

About the Author

Richard Andrews is Director of the Henry Art Gallery. John Beardsley is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Lawrence Weschler is Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University.