The Precious Nature of Water Ripples Through Maya Lin’s Sprawling Installations

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Water is versatile and is not disguised. Its size is made possible only by its fine and microscopic composition, and this equilibrium conveys its message. That makes water very valuable and fluid.

Mayarin’s Water research It mimics these qualities in scale, subject matter, form, and material. Lynn previously built a sculpture of public land from a material of the earth called “Wavefield”. This illustrates the interoperability of natural systems. Throughout this new exhibition, she takes these motifs further by focusing on the melodious nature of liquids.

In fact, Lynn’s work is their own kind of harmony. Some of her work are made of recycled silver, a precious and reflective natural material, as a water counterpart that emphasizes its value. “Flow” uses the recovered wood to mimic the texture of the waves. Certain combinations of nature and rescued materials (each impregnated with a weighted meaning) are climate change (root note), deforestation and over-mining (third), and increased water-based natural disasters. Create a chorus in the same way as (3rd). Fifth) Create a triad.

“Flow” (2009), FSC certified spruce, pine, fir 2×4 seconds.Image courtesy of artist and pace gallery

Lynn’s practice is a swirl of decades of research, her architectural background, and poetic expression, and she speaks the language of nature and the human mind. Each piece is created to amplify the significance of this precious resource and the environmental impact of humankind on each other. For example, in Marble Chesapeake & Delaware Bay, artists extend the concept of connectivity by changing perspectives. The integration of the two waterways as marbles requires us to think beyond the small, contained bites of everyday interaction with liquids, and instead, the heavenly power that draws us to each other. I consider it as.

Water researchExhibited at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, is literally between the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. These bodies not only provide a central point where Lynn is fascinated by the subject, but also provides a physical place to ponder the invisible connections that humanity often takes for granted. Her career is a bridge between architecture, art and activism. It always expands like water, but it does not move too far from its simultaneous nature.

For more information on the artist’s work, please visit her site.

Details of “Marble Chesapeake and Delaware Bay” (2022), Glass Marble and Glue

Mayarin Installation View: Water Studies

Details of “Dew Point 42” (2016), blown glass.Image courtesy of artist and pace gallery

Mayarin Installation View: Water Studies

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