United States\New York\Kings\New York\Manhattan Island
Schweiz\Zürich\Zürich
Date:
2014
Exhibition Label:
2015 Portrait of a Nation Prize Recipient
As a student at Yale University, Maya Lin (born 1959) redefined the conventional notion of a heroic war monument with her understated and controversial design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Her work has continued to gain international attention, including large-scale installations such as Storm King Wavefield and what she describes as her “last memorial,” an environmentalist multimedia project titled What Is Missing.
Karin Sander’s diminutive 3-D scanned portrait reflects the architect’s sense of herself as a small part of a global environment. Like so many of Lin’s own designs, the unconventionality of this portrait invites the viewer to look more closely and see the sitter in a new way.
Siendo aún estudiante en la Universidad de Yale, Maya Lin (nacida en 1959) redefinió la noción convencional de los monumentos a los héroes de guerra con un sobrio y controversial diseño para el monumento a los veteranos de Vietnam en Washington, D.C. Sus obras han seguido recibiendo atención internacional, entre ellas instalaciones de gran escala como Storm King Wavefield y lo que describe como su “último monumento conmemorativo”: un proyecto ambientalista multimedia titulado What Is Missing.
En su diminuto retrato escaneado en 3D, la artista Karin Sander transmite la idea de que Lin se concibe a sí misma como un pequeño componente de un entorno global. Al igual que muchos diseños de la arquitecta, el carácter poco convencional de este retrato invita al espectador a acercarse y mirar a la modelo de un modo diferente.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of the Academy of Achievement/Wayne and Catherine Reynolds; 2015 Portrait of a Nation Prize Recipient
