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Tuesday, 1 January 2013
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Maya Lin on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Video Clips. Duration : 2.05 Mins.
Complete video at: fora.tv Artist Maya Lin discusses the meaning behind her once-controversial design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC ----- Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes is a major exhibition of new sculptures, drawings, and installations by renowned artist Maya Lin. In 1981, Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial dramatically changed the language and form of commemorative sculpture by infusing minimalist design with the emotional charge of memory. Her subsequent work, whether monument, sculpture, design object, or building is equally characterized by its harmony of message and material. In recent years, Lin has focused on a reconsideration of landscape in a time of ecological tension and change. This new body of work engages the issue of our fragile connection to the environment in timely and poetic ways - De Young Museum Born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin catapulted into the public eye when, as a senior at Yale University, she submitted the winning design in a national competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be built in Washington, DC She was trained as an artist and architect, and her sculptures, parks, monuments, and architectural projects are linked by her ideal of making a place for individuals within the landscape. Lin, a Chinese-American, came from a cultivated and artistic home. Her father was the dean of fine arts at Ohio University; her mother is a professor of literature at Ohio University. She draws inspiration for her sculpture and ...
Complete video at: fora.tv Artist Maya Lin discusses the meaning behind her once-controversial design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC ----- Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes is a major exhibition of new sculptures, drawings, and installations by renowned artist Maya Lin. In 1981, Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial dramatically changed the language and form of commemorative sculpture by infusing minimalist design with the emotional charge of memory. Her subsequent work, whether monument, sculpture, design object, or building is equally characterized by its harmony of message and material. In recent years, Lin has focused on a reconsideration of landscape in a time of ecological tension and change. This new body of work engages the issue of our fragile connection to the environment in timely and poetic ways - De Young Museum Born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin catapulted into the public eye when, as a senior at Yale University, she submitted the winning design in a national competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be built in Washington, DC She was trained as an artist and architect, and her sculptures, parks, monuments, and architectural projects are linked by her ideal of making a place for individuals within the landscape. Lin, a Chinese-American, came from a cultivated and artistic home. Her father was the dean of fine arts at Ohio University; her mother is a professor of literature at Ohio University. She draws inspiration for her sculpture and ...
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
03:46 |
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Jatin Das : Dr. MS Randhawa Birth Centenary Memorial Lecture - Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi Video Clips. Duration : 66.27 Mins.
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi organised a memorial lecture by renowned artist Jatin Das to celebrate the birth centenary of Dr. MS Randhawa on 2nd February 2009. An exhibition of the photographs and memorabilia of Dr. Randhawa was also compiled and held in collaboration with Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India. This video is the recording of the slide presentation by Shri Jatin Das Jatin Das is a contemporary Indian artist originally from the erstwhile princely state of Mayurbhanj, Orissa. Born on 2nd Dec, 1941, he studied painting at Sir JJ School of Art in Bombay and moved to Delhi in 1968. He has been painting for over 50 years. Jatin draws with conte, paints with oil and water colour, engraves on zinc and copper plates. He has been commissioned to execute many murals in India including the large one for the Indian parliament in New Delhi "Mohenjodaro to Mahatma Gandhi": Five Thousand Years of India. He has also executed steel sculptural installations in India. He has held more than 55 one man shows in India and overseas and participated in National and International group shows, such as Paris Biennale, Venice Biennale, Tokyo Biennale and India Triennale. He has been honoured with two honorary doctorates from two universities. Other than being an artist, he is also a professor of art as well as a poet. He has deep interest in traditional art and his collection of antiquity is being donated to the JD Centre of Art in Bhubaneshwar, established in 1997 ...
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi organised a memorial lecture by renowned artist Jatin Das to celebrate the birth centenary of Dr. MS Randhawa on 2nd February 2009. An exhibition of the photographs and memorabilia of Dr. Randhawa was also compiled and held in collaboration with Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India. This video is the recording of the slide presentation by Shri Jatin Das Jatin Das is a contemporary Indian artist originally from the erstwhile princely state of Mayurbhanj, Orissa. Born on 2nd Dec, 1941, he studied painting at Sir JJ School of Art in Bombay and moved to Delhi in 1968. He has been painting for over 50 years. Jatin draws with conte, paints with oil and water colour, engraves on zinc and copper plates. He has been commissioned to execute many murals in India including the large one for the Indian parliament in New Delhi "Mohenjodaro to Mahatma Gandhi": Five Thousand Years of India. He has also executed steel sculptural installations in India. He has held more than 55 one man shows in India and overseas and participated in National and International group shows, such as Paris Biennale, Venice Biennale, Tokyo Biennale and India Triennale. He has been honoured with two honorary doctorates from two universities. Other than being an artist, he is also a professor of art as well as a poet. He has deep interest in traditional art and his collection of antiquity is being donated to the JD Centre of Art in Bhubaneshwar, established in 1997 ...
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