Untitled
Tara Donovan
Contemporary Art
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.
MEDIUM
Mylar and hot glue
DATES
2009
DIMENSIONS
18 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 30 in. (46.4 x 82.6 x 76.2 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2009.24
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Contemporary Art Council
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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)
IMAGE
overall,
CUR.2009.24_Pace_Wildenstein.jpg. Photograph courtesy of Pace Wildenstein LLC
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