Maya Lin exhibit

I also saw the Maya Lin show at the de Young, and was really interested in her sculpture. She created these interesting systematic landscapes, a three dimensional recreation of invisible geography, like the underwater topography of a lake or river. Her notions of landscape and geologic phenomena are carried through by carvings of particle board, humongous wire interweaving, and pastel etchings. I was really taken with her sculpture of a bisected topography map of a specific body of water (i forget the title) made with many many layers of carved particle board. Upon entering the room, I immediately thought that it was an upside down mountain range, and never considered it to be of a lake! Her work was very negative space oriented. I was really interested in her notions of land and geography, and thought it was a really good exhibit.