Ok, so I just watched the Red Sox lose game 7 to the Tampa Bay Rays; they will not be the World Series Champions this year, and I am totally devastated! But, on an art note, I can talk about my trip to the ICA today. This afternoon, I went down to the ICA to see the Tara Donovan exhibit, and it was absolutely mind-blowing! I have never seen anything like the works she has on display, and I will most definitely never be able to look at normal objects, like tape, toothpicks, straws, or Styrofoam cups, the same ever again. The way she was able to manipulate these ordinary materials to make such beautifully extraordinary work with them, I just fell in love with every piece I saw.
Not only is her work flowing, organic, beautiful, and unique, but it also seems to defy the laws of physics. My favorite piece in the show was titled Haze, 2005, and was made purely out of translucent plastic drinking straws. What surprised me the most as I read about it was that the only thing holing the entire volume of straws up were the corners of the walls. The straws were placed across an entire wall, but it is only their pressure against each other that allow the rest of it to hold up! The most mesmerizing part of this wall sculpture was the way the light and shadows reacted within the hollow tubes of the straws as you walk past it. It reveals a sort of reflection in this way that makes you look closer to discover the simple elements of the material and the composition of the whole.
There were plenty of other sculptures that I seemed unable to take my eyes off of, and I strongly recommend this exhibit to everyone, especially Mass Art students who can view it for free at the ICA.
My images were taken from Google images.
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