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Episode 9: Maya Lin & the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial [& Extras]

Listen to the episode HERE on Soundcloud or visit the podcast on iTunes, either through the Podcasts App (just search for “Stuff about Things Art History”) or by clicking HERE. Happy listening!

 

Sources & Links

  • Two website for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: HERE and HERE
  • Website for Maya Lin’s Studio
  • Want to hear Maya Lin talk about her experiences? Listen to episode 18 of What It Takes, another awesome podcast!
  • Andrews, Richard, and John Beardsley. Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes. Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2006.
  • Bremner, Ann, ed. Maya Lin: Public/Private. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, 1994.
  • Brenson, Michael, Terri Dowell-Dennis, and Jeff Fleming. Maya Lin: Topologies. Winston-Salem: Southeastern Center for, 1998.
  • Hagopian, Patrick. The Vietnam War in American Memory: Veterans, Memorials, and the Politics of Healing. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009.
  • Halloran, Richard. “Vietnam Veterans Plan Memorial In Capital as Reconciliation Sign: Two West Pointers Hope for Carter Support.” New York Times. 1980.
  • Lin, Maya. Boundaries. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.
  • Mock, Freida Lee. Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, 2003.
  • Washington University in St. Louis. Maya Lin in Conversation. St. Louis: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, 2017.
  • Weinraub, Bernard. “Carter Hails Veterans of Vietnam In Signing Bill for a War Memorial.” New York Times. July 2, 1980.

Related Images:

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Maya Lin in 1981 with a scale model of her design for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial [Image Credit: Achievement.org]

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Maya Lin’s competition submission, including her hand-written essay [Image credit: Wikipedia]
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Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, from ground level [Image Credit: Sartle]
 

aerial view
Aerial view of Vietnam Veterans War Memorial [Image credit: Vanity Fair]
the jury
Competition Judges [Image credit: Competitions.org]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veteran Gordon Mansfield waits for the groundbreaking ceremony to signal the beginning of construction on the memorial [Image Credit: Ira Schwarz for Associated Press]
Maya Lin Vietnam Memorial Dedication
Maya Lin at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial dedication in 1982 [Image credit: Achievement.org]
Vietnam Memorial Soldiers by Frederick Hart
Bronze sculpture of three American soldiers by Frederick Hartt [Image credit: Library of Congress]
Vietnam Memorial on Memorial Day
Various offerings left at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. All non-perishable items are put into storage. [Image credit: Library of Congress]
VVM-Graphic
Diagram showing the chronological “looping” of names on the Memorial [Image credit: National Park Service]
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Vietnam Veterans War Memorial infographic [Image credit: The History Channel via Visually]

Gus content:

Gussy with the Red Turban 

Gussy Van Eyck
Original: Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?), 1433, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in London, England. 

 

Gussy Behind the Scenes

Gussy Ballet
Original: Edgar Degas, Ballet Scene, pastel, 1907, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

 

Film Still #GussyOne

Gussy Sherman
Original: Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21, 1978, photograph, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, NY.

Gussy Meninas

Gus Meninas
Original: Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656, oil on canvas, in the collection of El Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

 

 

Thank you for listening!

xoxo,

-Lindsay

 

 

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