tara donovan

Untitled, 2003
Paper plates, Glue, Dimensions variable

Untitled (Detail)

Strata, 2000-2001
White glue, 45' 9 1/2" x 20' 1/2" x 1/8"

Strata (Detail)

Untitled, 2003
Styrofoam cups, Hot glue, 6' x 20' x 19' 2"

Untitled (Detail)

Haze, 2003
Plastic drinking straws, 12' 7" x 42' 2" x 7 3/4"

Haze (Detail)

Tara Donovan makes I-can-do-that sculptures by taking a household item—a Styrofoam cup, straight pin, drinking straw, or toothpick—and positioning it among thousands of its ilk. You could do it, but you wouldn't. You wouldn't log hundreds of hours meticulously assembling, arranging, affixing, or otherwise conjoining countless identical consumer goods. The results, when seen from afar, offer gestalt experiences that, paradoxically, often conjure natural associations, with, for example, waves, clouds, and mountains.

Brian Sholis
Artforum.com

See more of her work here.