Lingua (sculpture)
The Lingua is a sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn located at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Sculpture[edit]
Lingua is composed of two 16' tall cylinders, with text cut with a water jet cutter in Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Ethiopian, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Iroquois.[1] The texts are historical texts from as far back as 1400 BC.[2]
The Russian-language section is a quote from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace (Volume 3, Part 1, beginning of chapter XXII).
The Chinese-language section is a piece of Chinese calligraphy work Lantingji Xu written by Wang Xizhi.
References[edit]
- ^ "Jim Sanborn: Sculptor, Photographer, Artist". Elonka. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Walter E. Washington Convention Center Art Collection". Washington Convention Center Authority. 2009-09-06. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-20.