Research Catalog
Tara Donovan : fieldwork
- Title
- Tara Donovan : fieldwork / Nora Burnett Abrams, Jenni Sorkin, Giuliana Bruno.
- Author
- Abrams, Nora Burnett
- Publication
- New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa ; Denver, CO : In association with MCA Denver , 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
- Summary
- Tara Donovan's sculptures and installations are mind-bending experiences: she transforms common everyday materials like straws and index cards turning them into elaborate, room-size sculptures that are as surreal as they are beautiful. MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient Tara Donovan's otherworldly sculptures have transfixed audiences for over a decade--taking mundane materials and through clever craftsmanship, ingenuity, and repeated manipulation, the artist builds large-scale works made of rubber bands, plastic tubing, and paper plates into objects that evoke the natural world or other organic material. This volume--which accompanies a major retrospective--features an expansive selection of her most impressive and important works to date, spanning 10 years. Curator Nora Burnett Abrams, along with a several other leading scholars of contemporary art, consider critical issues around this important artist work: issues related to labor and process, and the interplay between ethereality and monumentality, among other key themes. The book looks at several major bodies of work realized in different formats and different settings, affording the reader a glimpse into the important themes and visual languages the artist continuously explores. The book will also consider, importantly for the first time, the artist's sculptural wall works which shed light on her distinct and varied practice.
- Alternative Title
- Fieldwork
- Subjects
- Wall hangings
- Mixed media sculpture
- Sculpture, American
- Exhibition catalogs
- Illustrated works
- Essays
- 2000-2099
- Women artists > New York (State) > New York > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Installations (Art) > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Wall hangings > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Mixed media sculpture > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Sculpture, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Sculpture, Abstract > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver 21st century > Exhibitions
- Donovan, Tara, 1969- > Themes, motives
- Donovan, Tara, 1969- > Criticism and interpretation
- Donovan, Tara, 1969- > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, September 21, 2018-January 27, 2019.
- Bibliography (note)
- Contains bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Text in English.
- Contents
- Tara Donovan: Fieldwork / Nora Nurnett Abrams -- Infinite modularity / Jenni Sorkin -- Surface matters / Giuliana Bruno.
- ISBN
- 9780847862924
- 0847862925
- LCCN
- 2022304724
- OCLC
- on1038007870
- 1038007870
- SCSB-9152346
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library