Bluffs, 2005
Buttons, Glue
3 1/2′(H) x 5′(W) x 12′(D)
Ace Gallery Los Angeles, 2005

Untitled, 2003
Styrofoam Cups, Hot Glue
6′(H) x 20′(W) x 19′ 2″(D)
Ace Gallery New York

It’s to bad I don’t have time to browse and stay updated with everything that happens in the art world right now. But whenever I stumble upon something interesting, it’s hard for me not to share. What happens when you have one object that, when multiplied, gets a whole other sense, form? Who knew ‘growing’ plastic cups, needles or buttons, different types of objects for that matter, could totally change their meaning just by adding them up. I believe it’s somehow related to creating different textures from ‘normal’ looking fabrics in fashion design. Anyway, I’m impressed. More, here.

Untitled, 2001
Nickel-Plated Steel Pins Held Together by Friction & Gravity Only
35″(H) x 35″(W) x 35″(D)
Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, 2004

Donovan says of her work, “It is not like I’m trying to simulate nature. It’s more of a mimicking of the way of nature, the way things actually grow.” Fellow artist Chuck Close told a reporter that ““At this particular moment in the art world, invention and personal vision have been demoted in favor of appropriation, of raiding the cultural icebox. For somebody to go out and try to make something that doesn’t remind you of anybody else’s work and is really, truly innovative—and I think Tara’s work is—that’s very much against the grain of the moment. [credit: wikipedia, ace gallery]