2024-11-23T20:18:41-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/111276070/maya-lin-wins-the-21st-annual-300k-dorothy-and-lillian-gish-prize Justine Testado 2014-10-14T19:05:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/deabdqddj4z6p18u.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Iconic artist, designer, and environmentalist Maya Lin was announced as the recipient of the 21st Annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize...Established in 1994 through the will of legendary actress Lillian Gish, the award recognizes highly accomplished artists who have pushed the boundaries of their respective art forms, contributed to social change, and are seen as a lasting inspiration for the next generation.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The Gish Prize is regarded as one of the most prestigious honors bestowed to U.S. artists and has one of the largest cash awards, with this year's prize valued at US$300,000.</p><p>"Maya Lin has created a powerful and highly influential body of work within both art and architecture that includes large-scale site-specific installations, intimate studio artworks, architectural works and memorials. In her large-scale environmental artworks such as the recent <em>A Fold in the Field</em> (2013), <em>Storm King Wavefield </em>(2009) and the epoch-making <em>Vietnam Veterans&rsquo; Memorial</em>, she has consistently explored how we experience and relate to the landscape, setting up a systematic ordering of the land that is tied to history, time and language."</p><p>Find out more on <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/maya_lin_wins_the_21st_annual_300k_dorothy_and_lillian_gish_prize/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bustler</a>.</p>