Maya Lin

Most well known for designing the Vietnam Memorial, Maya Lin is hard to define at first. Much of her work architectural and not artistic in the idea that it would be shown in a gallery. But I define her as an artist.

First of all she does create pieces actually for galleries, such as the second piece. What she clearly accomplished with the Vietnam Memorial is she made architecture art, much like Hundertwasser. She studied the area and designed a shape that embraces that area while drawing people into the monument. Perhaps that most important feature in the Vietnam Memorial is the material she chose. The stone that the surface is made of reflects the viewer's face;  seeing how you are physically effected and seeing yourself as part of the memorial itself  is one of the most moving aspects of the memorial.