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Tara Donovan — wooden toothpicks
Tara Donovan

wooden toothpicks

A massive accumulation of thousands of wooden toothpicks interlocked and stacked to form an organic, undulating sculptural mass that seems to breathe and shift with the light. Donovan's signature process of aggregating everyday, identical objects transforms the humble toothpick into something monumental and landscape-like, blurring the boundary between the natural and the manufactured. The work invites viewers to oscillate between seeing the whole and fixating on its repetitive individual components.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 14, 2014

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Tara Donovan, wooden toothpicks

A massive accumulation of thousands of wooden toothpicks interlocked and stacked to form an organic, undulating sculptural mass that seems to breathe and shift with the light. Donovan's signature process of aggregating everyday, identical objects transforms the humble toothpick into something monumental and landscape-like, blurring the boundary between the natural and the manufactured. The work invites viewers to oscillate between seeing the whole and fixating on its repetitive individual components.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Minimalist Aesthetic, Repetition And Pattern, Minimalist, Transformative Materials, Accumulation Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Installation Art, Sculptural Installation, 21st Century, Everyday Objects, Meditative Mood, Neutral Tones, Organic Forms, Female Artist, Transformative Scale, Minimalism

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