Tara Donovan at ICA, Boston

Tara Donovan at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

The American sculptor transforms disposable objects into stunning works of art
Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Bluffs
Detail, 2006, Buttons and glue
Each of Donovan's works is like a summer-camp crafts project launched into the stratosphere, executed at the highest levels of formal and conceptual sophistication, which is another way of saying imagination.

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