Tara Donovan Interview: Sculpting Everyday Materials

Everyday materials like drinking straws, tooth pics and needle pins are elements used by American artist Tara Donovan, when she creates her amazing sculptural works: "Inspiration is a joke, real artists sit down and work" Donovan says.
Tara Donovan (b. 1969) is fascinated by everyday materials, which she turns into sculptures. She regards herself as a kind of scientist, investigating the potential of different materials, transforming and shaping them, making them transcend themselves and turning them into holistic Gestalten of their own. The element of light plays an important role in Donovan's artworks, as her materials take light in and reflect it different ways. “My sculptures become activated by the movement of the observer” Donovan says. Her works vary in size, depending on the surrounding architecture and the size of the room, they are shown in. She goes on to explain how the magic happens within the sculptures, underlining that her sculptures are artworks rather than critical comments. “I feel like my work is mimicking the ways of nature, not necessarily mimicking nature per ce.” Donovan states.
In the video we hear the voice of Tara Donovan, who doesn't like to be filmed. Her works are exhibited for the first time in Europe in February 2013 at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Tara Donovan was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Camera: Mathias Nyholm
Produced by: Mathias Nyholm and Marc-Christoph Wagner
Music by: Trentemøller.
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2013
Supported by Nordea-fonden.

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Her work is fun to look at. The definition of inspiration is different for all artists so her statement about just getting down to work is a bit exclusive. I know that Chuck Close has expressed similar views about inspiration and in some ways their work process is very much alike. Lots of repetition which leads to the finished work.

[@danquisjohnson]

Your work is amazing. Im a fan of your work. Thanks for sharing this video. Im a painter moving into sculpture from found objects and came across your video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jenniferdeepa227]

Loved your exhibit at MCA, Denver!

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nice work

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[@ElJubranco]

she does this with no inspiration? she might want to rephrase that.

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