Maya Lin Ceramics

Her hometown of athens ohio known for its manufacturing and agriculture is also the home of ohio university an institution that played a major role in her youth.

Maya lin ceramics.

Her mother julia chang lin born in shanghai is a poet and a former professor of. A unique pull away from the traditional memorial design with realistic forms her design contrasted with all other memorials in washington d c. It echoes the sentiments of vietnam. One of the examples of ancient maya pottery is bulbous shaped terracotta vessel the side handles with the heads of open mouthed jaguars a seated figure in an elaborate feathered costume on both sides.

Abstract sculpture sculpture art sculptures landscape art landscape architecture contemporary ceramics contemporary art maya lin china beach. A vietnam veteran can go to maya lin s memorial and search for the names of his fallen comrades. Her mother julia chang lin a poet was a literature professor. In the process he sees his own face reflected in the polished stone.

The maya had specific techniques to create inscribe paint and design pottery to begin creating a ceramic vessel the maya had to locate the proper resources for clay and temper the present day indigenous maya who currently live in guatemala belize and southern mexico still create wonderful ceramics. Her father henry huan lin born in fuzhou fujian was a ceramist and dean of the ohio university college of fine arts. At the heart of this furniture collection for knoll is my love for the land says lin. Rice provides a look at what the current guatemalan maya use today for clay.

Her parents immigrated to the united states from china in 1949 and settled in ohio in 1958 one year. Saved by linda pollak. Maya lin was born in athens ohio her parents emigrated from china to the united states her father in 1948 and her mother in 1949 and settled in ohio before lin was born. Lin s creative inclinations were encouraged from a young age and she spent much of her childhood in her father s ceramics studio.

Ebb and flow pace gallery 537 west 24th street new york september 8 october 7 2017. Maya lin a chinese american was born in athens ohio. Thumbnails filter by available art work. Maya lin pace hong kong 15c entertainment building 30 queen s road central january 22 march 12 2016.

The maya honored these many gods discussed in the popol vuh with sacrificial ceremonies in which pottery was offered. Maya lin s collection of stones introduced in 1998 in celebration of knoll s 60th anniversary reflects the famed architect s signature subtlety.