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Born 1970 Queens, New York. Known for: Natural phenomena installation-every day materials.
An installation artist who uses common materials such as toothpicks, tar paper, drinking straws and paper plates to achieve the effect of natural phenomena, Tara Donovan describes herself as... Read full biography
An installation artist who uses common materials such as toothpicks, tar paper, drinking straws and paper plates to achieve the effect of natural phenomena, Tara Donovan describes herself as "fascinated with creating chaos out of something and then restructuring it and giving it new order." She... Read full biography
An installation artist who uses common materials such as toothpicks, tar paper, drinking straws and paper plates to achieve the effect of natural phenomena, Tara Donovan describes herself as "fascinated with creating chaos out of something and then restructuring it and giving it new order." She says her goal is to transcend her materials so that "what they are made from is not initially apparent." She begins by creating a small-scale version of the work she envisions, and then works with studio... Read full biography
An installation artist who uses common materials such as toothpicks, tar paper, drinking straws and paper plates to achieve the effect of natural phenomena, Tara Donovan describes herself as "fascinated with creating chaos out of something and then restructuring it and giving it new order." She says her goal is to transcend her materials so that "what they are made from is not initially apparent." She begins by creating a small-scale version of the work she envisions, and then works with studio assistants to make the final installation that can take up to six-hundred hours. Many of her works are large-scale from a single material in "massive quantity" such as her entry in the 2000 Whitney Biennial---a miniature mountain range' composed of... Read full biography
An installation artist who uses common materials such as toothpicks, tar paper, drinking straws and paper plates to achieve the effect of natural phenomena, Tara Donovan describes herself as "fascinated with creating chaos out of something and then restructuring it and giving it new order." She says her goal is to transcend her materials so that "what they are made from is not initially apparent." She begins by creating a small-scale version of the work she envisions, and then works with studio assistants to make the final installation that can take up to six-hundred hours. Many of her works are large-scale from a single material in "massive quantity" such as her entry in the 2000 Whitney Biennial---a miniature mountain range' composed of electrical wire. Tara Donovan was born in Queens, New York and was raised in Rockland County, New York, wh... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Installation Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Awards/Recognition
- •John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art