Check out this site with great connections for students of all ages to be inspired at home, using limited materials. Haze, rice university art gallery, houston, november 6december 14, 2003 catalogue tara donovan. Edited by jutta mattern, mette marcus, jeanne rank schelde. Mcas fieldwork exhibit is a joyous look at tara donovan. In the hands of someone like the artist tara donovan the mundane does become transformed into awe inspiring works of art. Tara donovan, a sculptor who finds beauty in the mundane. Donovan s sitespecific, sculptural works transform ordinary accumulated materials into intriguing visual and physical installations. A selection of donovan s radiating abstractions is currently on view in tara donovan.
What others are saying closer lookpointillist art by tara donovan exhibited at art basel 2012. Phillips presents new now in february 2018 in new york. Brooklyn artist tara donovan is known for amassing small objects from ordinary life into unexpected forms, such as undulating clouds born of styrofoam cups, wintry landscape installations built from white plastic drinking cups, and stalagmite accretions of lavender buttons. For the last 20 years, tara donovan has created largescale installations, sculptures and drawings that utilize everyday objects to. Tara donovans sculptures, drawings, prints, and largescale installations transform the. Tara donovan, recipient of a 2008 macarthur foundation genius award, was born in 1969 in new york city.
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For the last 20 years, the american sculptor tara donovan has been making art out of the artificial. Tara donovan born 1969 in flushing, queens, in new york city is an american sculptor who lives and works in brooklyn, new york. Donovan s many accolades include the prestigious macarthur foundation genius award 2008. Tara donovans sculptures and installations are mindbending experiences. Tara donovan, drawing pins, tens of thousands of nickelheaded thumbtacks embedded in gatorboard in varying degrees, generating detailed texture and. This book is a beautiful demonstration of donovan s phenomenal work. Tara donovan s sculptures, drawings, prints, and largescale installations transform the banality of everyday objects into the extraordinary. Tara donovan bibliography books and exhibition catalogues 2017 colgate alumni collect exhibition catalogue. Slinkys, rubber bands and straws become massive works of art in threefloor mca exhibit fieldwork is a joyous retrospective through contemporary artist tara donovan s career. Tara donovan by donovan, tara, weschler, lawrence, baume, nicholas, mergel, jen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Donovan says that she begins by manipulating and reimagining each chosen material in the studio, usually assembling it on a small scale. She doesnt alter the individual element it isnt painted. Often known for her transformation of neutral or mundane materials into elaborate, mindbending objects that evoke the natural world or other organic material, donovan s work in. New york on a recent afternoon at the pace prints workshop in the chelsea neighborhood, the artist tara donovan was hard at work with two master printers.
Artist tara donovan uses commonplace consumer materialstoothpicks, tape, pencils, buttons, paper plates, and the liketo create her dazzling sculptural installations. Tara donovan is a contemporary american artist best known for her. She relies on the unique properties of the chosen material, such as the transparency of scotch tape, and turns it into a driving force behind her. Tara donovan s art is not a metaphor, it is not about identity, and it is not historical. For the last 20 years, tara donovan has created largescale installations, sculptures and drawings that utilize everyday objects to explore the transformative effects of accumulation and aggregation. Tara donavan is a new yorkbased artist known for sculptures created from common objects such as toothpicks, buttons, or drinking straws that she transforms into largescale installations that resemble natural landscapes or cellular forms. Tara donovan american, 1969 untitled mylar is a large, multipart abstract sculpture that appears to mimic the organic form of a meteor, molecule, or planetary constellation.
Tara donovan is an american sculptor who lives and works in brooklyn, new york. Tara donovan, museum of contemporary art, cleveland, september 12, 2003january 4, 2004. In 2005, donovan joined pace gallery and presented a year later tara. The book looks at several major bodies of work realized in different formats. Spilling across half a dozen rooms at the institute of contemporary art, tara donovan s hypnotic work subdues thought the same way that viral infections subdue the body. Fieldwork, a midcareer survey of sculpture, drawings, installations, and works on paper at the museum of contemporary art denver september 21 to. Tara donovan is a contemporary american artist best known for her sitespecific installations. Artists floor installation is made of pencils sfgate.
What do one million index cards, stacked atop each other, look like. Employing disposable materials such as scotch tape, toothpicks, drinking straws, and styrofoam cups, she creates forms resembling biological masses. Often biomorphic or topographical in character, her largescale abstract works utilize systematic arrangements of thousands or even millions of units. Like the cool pool water, fieldwork will give you goosebumps. Artist tara donovan uses commonplace consumer materialstoothpicks, tape.
A visual language completely her own, the work of tara donovan is a true wonder of contemporary art, a celebration of how far avantgarde thoughts and bravery to experiment outside of conventional limitations have brought us. New yorkbased artist tara donovan born 1969 is emerging as one of the most talented artists of her generation, with a particular gift for sitespecific installations. Tara donovan is an artist that repurposes common materials into beautiful installations and sculptural works of art. This series explores the positivenegative patterning created with 3 x 5 paper index cards image size. The exhibition is curated by nora burnett abrams, ellen bruss curator at mca denver. Tara donovan skip to main search results amazon prime. The photographs are great in the way that it shows each piece as an installation shot and gradual moves into detail shots that allow the viewer to realize the everyday materials donovan used. For the last 20 years, tara donovan has created largescale installations, sculptures and drawings that utilize everyday.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Often known for her transformation of neutral or mundane materials into elaborate, mindbending objects that evoke the natural world or other organic material, donovans work in many ways is about work. Fieldwork continues at mca denver 1486 delgany street, denver, co through january 27. Tara donovan edited by jutta mattern, mette marcus, jeanne rank schelde. She finds a material and then watches what it can do. Artist tara donovan does it again the artists looming installation recalls the. Closer lookpointillist art by tara donovan exhibited at art basel 2012 explore amazing art and photography and share your own visual inspiration. Drawings, shaheen modern and contemporary art, cleveland, october 25november 29, 2003. Renowned american artist tara donovan born 1969 creates sculptural objects of enigmatic beauty by utilizing and experimenting with simple, everyday objects such as scotch tape, drinking straws, paper plates, needles, plastic rods, toothpicks.
American, born 1969 tara donovan is a contemporary american artist best known for her sitespecific installations. Tara donovans bulbous, undulating works consider the. Tara donovan project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. They are made of one manufactured everyday material, such as drinking straws, scotch tape and of course paper. Fieldwork celebrated american artist tara donovans distinct and varied practice, which includes sculpture, drawings, works on paper, and siteresponsive installations. Tara donovan is a widely acclaimed american artist who fabricates sitespecific installations using commonly found materials such as styrofoam cups, drinking straws, toothpicks, paper plates and pencils. Tara donovan is an inventive young sculptor whose installations bring wonder to the most common objects of everyday life. Known for her commitment to process, she has earned acclaim for her ability to exploit the inherent physical characteristics of an object in order to transform it into works that generate unique perceptual phenomena and atmospheric effects.
Donovan developed the sculpture using her signature accumulative process found in many of her drawings. Tara donovan turns everyday objects into masterpieces. Her largescale installations, sculptures, drawings, and prints utilize everyday objects to explore the transformative effects of accumulation and aggregation. Donovan s work engages in a lively dialogue with the legacies of artistic movements of the 1960s and 70s such as assemblage, postminimalism and scatter art, while bringing an entirely new perspective to her chosen materials through an. What do one million index cards, stacked atop each other. Tara donovan 1969, new york is known for her sitespecific, large scale sculptures that often have a biomorphic quality.
For the last 20 years, the american sculptor tara donovan has been making. Fieldwork celebrated american artist tara donovan s distinct and varied practice, which includes sculpture, drawings, works on paper, and siteresponsive installations. A new book looks back on two decades of the artists installations, which use. Her largescale installations, sculptures, drawings, and prints utilize everyday. She studied at the school of visual arts, new york. Operart 798 le installazioni di oggetti quotidiani di. Tara donovan untitled 2016 singlecolor lithograph on white somerset satin paper with deckled edge. See available sculpture, prints and multiples, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Tara donovans massive, uncanny artworks will give you the. The book exemplifies donovans fascination with repetition, each page. In addition to onsite works, the show included studiomade wall pieces. A new york art dealer tipped me to tara donovan s debut solo show during my visit there in spring 2003.
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