Lingua (sculpture)

The Lingua is a sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn located at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Sculpture

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

^ "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.

38°54′13.29″N 77°1′24.35″W / 38.9036917°N 77.0234306°W / 38.9036917; -77.0234306

[elonka-1] "Jim Sanborn: Sculptor, Photographer, Artist". Elonka. Retrieved 2009-10-18.

[2] "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.

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