Maya Lin's Tribute to the Hudson

Maya Lin '81, '86 M.Arch. pays tribute to the Hudson River in an exhibition this fall in Yonkers.

Best known for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and known, too, at Yale for her design of the Women's Table, a tribute to women at Yale, Maya Lin '81, '86 M.Arch. will be featured at an exhibition "A River Is a Drawing" in Yonkers from October through January, 2019.

The exhibition at the Hudson River Museum explores and pays homage to the Hudson River. It features several works from Lin, all with themes recognizing the history and importance river or using the river as a background or setting.

The works will be placed in several areas of the museum.  They include drawings and sculptures. Some will feature the Hudson in the background. Some will be representations of the river. Other drawings will include rivers from around the world, along with the Hudson. 

In announcing the project, Lin observes rivers as "fluid moving drawings--delineated and drawn out." She explores not only the river's shape and its flowing, but wants to study its history and "movement in time and space."

Over the next few months, she will publish an exhibition catalog and plans to lecture on the planning and purpose of her work. 

Yonkers is Lin's professional home. In 2014, she and her art-collector husband Daniel Wolf     purchased an old Yonkers jailhouse and converted it into a working studio and gallery near the Hudson River. The panoramic views of the Hudson and the Palisades, she told the Journal News then, were major reasons why they moved to Yonkers. "The breathtaking views from the doorsteps of the Hudson inspires a vision as unique as the building itself."

At Yale, Lin has received an honorary degree and served as a trustee on the Yale Corporation.

For more information about Lin's work in Yonkers, click Hudson River Museum (Yonkers).