Sam and I saw a Tara Donavon exhibit this weekend at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art). First a word on the ICA: We got engaged there, we just didn't know it. It's right on the harbor, right next to Anthony's Pier Four, the fancy restaurant where Sam bought us a four pound, 50-year-old lobster, which actually didn't give me a clue that he wanted to ask me any important questions. Neither did him insisting we stand in front of the ICA (which I thought was just a weird office building) and look out at the water for a little while. I didn't get it until he dropped to BOTH knees, and asked. And for the record, because he'll correct me in my comments again if I'm not accurate with the dialogue, I said "I hope so," then a guy walking out of the ICA said, "Just say Yes!" so I said "Yes," and then I said, "I don't know, I have to think about it." Poor man. I would proceed to say yes, then I don't know, then yes over the course of three weeks. I tried his love.
Anyway, enough love.
I LOVE the Tara Donovan stuff we saw. Click on her name for a whole bunch of photos of her stuff. It is beauty. It's mostly installation art, made from everyday commercial objects in mass quantities: drinking straws, Styrofoam cups, tooth picks, scotch tape, glue. You would be SHOCKED at how lovely that stuff can be, how much it can look like elements of the natural world.
Take this, for example. Styrofoam cups. I think it looks like clouds, if bees were assigned to make them. Sam thought it looked like coral. Either way, both of us stood underneath it, our mouths agape, astounded and lost in it, pointing to beautiful curves.
This, paper plates. Yes, I know.
Toothpicks, held together with nothing.
And buttons. Did you know buttons could be so pretty? They remind me of The Little Mermaid's castle. 
4 comments:
That is cool. SOMEDAY we will have to come and have you show us all this (although could you IMAGINE Keaton loose in a place like that, let alone the not too distant future when he has a sidekick?).
Ooh. Pretty.
Nuts. I can't get the link to work. I'll have to google. i'd love to see all that in person. I can't seem to click on the pictures to make them larger either, and I really want to see them.
deja, i'm been stalking your other blog for a while. first time on this one. those pictures have compelled me to comment...
wow
and, i'm glad you're doing well and being happy. congratulations (very late) on your wedding. that's wonderful.
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