Roles of the Artist: Maya Lin
Professor Gessler
March 28, 2014
Arth 300
Roles of the Artist: Maya Lin There are one out of four roles that every artist could play and the one that I believe Maya Lin plays is “Artists make a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time and place”. I believe that this is how i have see her portrayed in this film because all of the landmarks and monuments that she had made were all so great due to the personal factor of having the historicals names and times written on them. One of the greatest accomplishments/landmarks she has made was the vietnam veterans memorial. She made it so simplistic yet powerful due to the great way she personalized it. She made it more personal by having all the full names written out chronologically by the year they were killed. This gave the families and the veterans more peace since everyone was recognized for what they have accomplished by serving our country.
One more really great monument she had created was her civil rights memorial. That memorial showed all of the history and moments that happened through the times of the civil rights movement and she also made it a platform where she was able to put water . The reason behind this was that she wanted people to be able to touch it and feel such a connection with it especially when the water started moving direction due to the touches it was getting.
Maya Lin was an artist/ architect that always wanted all of her work to have some sort of significance or personality. She is an artist that makes a visual record of important or significant events and adds a touch or such simplicity to where people could easily feel a connection to her work. She was not so appreciated when her design for the veterans memorial was chosen but when it was really put up everyone realized that the simplicity and chronological order is what made people so emotionally connected / honored by it.
These are the reasons why I believe that she is an artist that makes visual
March 28, 2014
Arth 300
Roles of the Artist: Maya Lin There are one out of four roles that every artist could play and the one that I believe Maya Lin plays is “Artists make a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time and place”. I believe that this is how i have see her portrayed in this film because all of the landmarks and monuments that she had made were all so great due to the personal factor of having the historicals names and times written on them. One of the greatest accomplishments/landmarks she has made was the vietnam veterans memorial. She made it so simplistic yet powerful due to the great way she personalized it. She made it more personal by having all the full names written out chronologically by the year they were killed. This gave the families and the veterans more peace since everyone was recognized for what they have accomplished by serving our country.
One more really great monument she had created was her civil rights memorial. That memorial showed all of the history and moments that happened through the times of the civil rights movement and she also made it a platform where she was able to put water . The reason behind this was that she wanted people to be able to touch it and feel such a connection with it especially when the water started moving direction due to the touches it was getting.
Maya Lin was an artist/ architect that always wanted all of her work to have some sort of significance or personality. She is an artist that makes a visual record of important or significant events and adds a touch or such simplicity to where people could easily feel a connection to her work. She was not so appreciated when her design for the veterans memorial was chosen but when it was really put up everyone realized that the simplicity and chronological order is what made people so emotionally connected / honored by it.
These are the reasons why I believe that she is an artist that makes visual