Untitled

Tara Donovan

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Object Label

Combining a Minimalist-inspired aesthetic with a love of ordinary materials such as drinking straws, pencils, adhesive tape, and paper plates, Donovan creates delicate but monumental sculptures that evoke forms found in nature. To compose this work, she rolled sheets of Mylar to form cones and then glued these smaller units together to create molecular modules. Characteristically, Donovan exploits the properties of her material—in this case, the reflective surface of Mylar, which responds to light in different ways.

Caption

Tara Donovan American, born 1969. Untitled, 2009. Mylar and hot glue, 18 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 30 in. (46.4 x 82.6 x 76.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Contemporary Art Council, 2009.24. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photograph courtesy of Pace Wildenstein LLC, CUR.2009.24_Pace_Wildenstein.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Untitled

Date

2009

Medium

Mylar and hot glue

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

18 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 30 in. (46.4 x 82.6 x 76.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Contemporary Art Council

Accession Number

2009.24

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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