Tara Donovan - Mid Career Retrospective

Tara Donovan is now showing her mid career retrospective (so to speak) at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Although quite young, 38 years old, she has accomplished a lot in her career, which began at the end of the 80’s and really took of in 2003 with her first solo show in New York. This year she won the very prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
She has an interesting an unique way of approaching form and a very unique way of picking her media for each piece. she will only use one kind of material for each piece, not imitating nature more like emulating it - and the natural system of growth.

This piece is made out of rolls of adding machine paper. I love the topographic feel of this piece.

I can’t say that this is by any means one of my favorite of her works, but I do love how she created something so very unexpected and her use of the light and the natural pattern this piece creates. because this piece can’t be transported, and has to be reassembled I shudder to think what happens to the Styrofoam cups once she is done with them.

These are made out of Mylar tape with the help of hot glue and are delightfully pretty and playful.

For the full slide show from the Times click here

The show will be on through January in Boston if you are interested in seeing it and then it will move on to Cincinnati, Des Moines and San Diego.

Thank you  Richard Lacayo from Looking around for the hat tip.