From the 16th September till the 1st November 2014 the Gallery Ivorypress in Madrid hosted Maya Lin's first solo exhibition in Spain, entitled Rivers and Mountains.
The show took place in the cycle around art in relation with architecture and design that Ivorypress presents annually in Madrid each September.

Maya Lin is an American artist and architectural designer who approaches in her works landscapes from an environmentally conscious perspective, outlining a critical reflection on the negative consequences of humankind’s carbon footprint. The exhibition presents works and projects produced in the past decade together with site-specific works. Factum Arte collaborated with the artist and with Ivorypress to create the works which have been produced specifically for the exhibition.
This is the case of the two Pyrenees tables, 2014, made of wood and the other one of marble. Together they emulate the Pyrenean mountain chain.

The board in Macael marble

The assembly of the work in Factum Arte workshop

The base of the table in Walnut wood with an iron structure inside

 

The board of the work Cloudline: Aneto Peak table in Walnut wood at Factum Arte before the assembly. The Aneto Peak which is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees has been routed in the centre of the wood board.

Detail of the routing

 

In addition to the two big Pyrenees tables Factum Arte has also been commissioned to produce two smaller works: Aneto Glaciar and Maladeta Glaciar. They are both inspired by the Pyrenean mountain chain; they are both Macael marble over wooden base.

The marble board of the Glacier Aneto in Factum Arte workshop before the assembly

 

 

The marble board assembled to the walnut wood base

 

The work Cloudline: Everest at 20,000ft also exhibited at Ivory Press during Rivers and Mountains has been realized in Factum Arte. Various Cardboards have been laser cut and finally assembled in layers 1.5mm thick to recreate the Mount Everest. The work is made of resin, paper and wood.

The laser-cut cardboards used to produce the work Cloudline: Everest at 20,000ft

 

 

Detail of the work

The assembled layers which reproduce the peak of the Everest Mountain

The installation of the Maya Lin's exhibition at Ivorypress, Madrid.
Maya Lin, Rivers and Mountains, 2014
© Paco Gomez courtesy Ivorypress