http://www.mcasd.org en-us © Copyright 2009 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. All Rights Reserved. MCASD: Automatic Cities MCASD: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, this is the first major museum survey of Tara Donovan’s work. The artist’s sculptural installations are based on the physical properties and capabilities of a single accumulated material. Donovan uses prosaic items including electrical cable, adding machine paper, straight pins, paper plates, and toothpicks. These materials are arranged in a manner that sometimes mimics the organization of geological or biological forms. Through this subtle and remarkably affecting presentation, drinking straws may suggest clouds and plastic cups may call to mind a brittle winter landscape. Part of the intrigue of Donovan’s practice lies in the way she is able to present a mass of unaltered, simple objects that do not disguise what they are while simultaneously suggesting a range of richly poetic associations. Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, this is the first major museum survey of Tara Donovan’s work. The artist’s sculptural installations are based on the physical properties and capabilities of a single accumulated material. Donovan uses prosaic items including electrical cable, adding machine paper, straight pins, paper plates, and toothpicks. These materials are arranged in a manner that sometimes mimics the organization of geological or biological forms. Through this subtle and remarkably affecting presentation, drinking straws may suggest clouds and plastic cups may call to mind a brittle winter landscape. Part of the intrigue of Donovan’s practice lies in the way she is able to present a mass of unaltered, simple objects that do not disguise what they are while simultaneously suggesting a range of richly poetic associations. MCASD: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego bcorreia@bcdc.us Visual Arts Non-Profit MCASD, Museum Contemporary Art San Diego no Gabrielle Wyrick, Education Curator http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Exhibition_Overview_1.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:41 -0800 Podcasting no 00:01:44 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Untitled_Styrofoam_Cups_2.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:31 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:51 Gabrielle Wyrick, Education Curator http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Transplanted_3.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:24 -0800 Podcasting no 00:01:20 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Untitled_Plastic_Cups_4.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:17 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:40 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Haze_5.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:13 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:34 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Moire_6.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:10 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:30 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Untitled_Toothpicks_Untitled_Pins_and_Untitled_Glass_7.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:05 -0800 Podcasting no 00:01:36 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Bluffs_8.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:46 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:55 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Untitled_Mylar_9.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:43 -0800 Podcasting no 00:01:09 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Untitled_Mylar_Tape_10.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:40 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:51 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Nebulous_11.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:36 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:56 Artist Commentary http://s35430.gridserver.com/podcast/Tara-Donovan/Untitled_Paper_Plates_12.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:24 -0800 Podcasting no 00:00:26