Maya Lin at the de Young Museum, San Francisco

I finally got to see Maya Lin a few days before the show came up. I was so excited I almost peed. Here is the installation in progress and after. There are over 65,000 2x4 pieces of wood. They're all numbered and are part of a system. You can tell the piece is not hallow in the center. It took the crew over two weeks to put this together. At work, I've been around the sculpture for 7 hours, and it has so much power. I was so excited that this large masculine construction has such a soft form. There are going to be more pieces by the Maya and other Asian American artists including Yoko Ono, hollah. The show will be up through January 2009.