Tara Donovan

“Untitled (Plastic Cups)” 2000 by Tara Donovan. (Kerry Ryan McFate/Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York)

A nice review in today's New York Times by Carol King of work by MacArthur genius grant winner Tara Donovan. Donovan takes objects like plastic cups (see above) and makes them into beautiful organic sculptures, transforming them into something unexpected. So cool! I like what she says about how she comes up with the ideas for her art:

Underpinning it all is her capacity for absorption. “So much about the art-making process is about paying attention,” Ms. Donovan said. “It’s about looking and noticing things.”

I love that she sees the ordinary in extraordinary ways.