Maya Lin's Environmental Sculptures at Parrish Art Museum Examine Climate Change Through Scientific Data

The Parrish Art Museum hosted Maya Lin's exhibition "Platform: Maya Lin" from July 4 to October 13, 2014, featuring three sculptures that transform scientific data into tangible representations. One piece, Pin River — Sandy (2013), utilized steel pins to illustrate the floodplains affected by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Another work, Around the World (2013-14), included three marble rings that symbolized the ocean floor's topography at specific coordinates. Additionally, three wall sculptures from 2014 outlined East End lakelets with silver accents. Lin's art merges Minimalist aesthetics with environmental concerns, emphasizing the effects of human actions on natural resources and geopolitical lines. Visitors could interact with Around the World, while the smaller sculptures did not carry the same weight as Lin's larger works. The museum is situated at 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, New York.