Maya Lin at Smithsonian American Art - Updated Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNQUQLzKRk0

Complete Lecture: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/clarice_smith/maya_lin.cfm?siref=youtub...

Maya Lin
Art and Architecture
October 18, 2006

Maya Lin, one of the few individuals who has forged a path in both art and architecture, is at once a sculptor, architect, and designer. In all of her projects, Lin brings a contemporary perspective to the landscape by merging the rational order of high technology with organic forms. While Lin has created many socially motivated works of art, she is intent on avoiding didacticism and politics. Her monuments, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982) in Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights Memorial (1988—1993) in Montgomery, Alabama, have been highly acclaimed for creating an intensely private experience in a public context. Lin has won numerous awards, including the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Complete Lecture: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/clarice_smith/maya_lin.cfm?siref=youtub...

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The complete video is over an hour and can be viewed at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art website. The URL is in the About This Video on the right.