Untitled (Rubber Bands)
Artist/Maker
Tara Donovan
(American, b. 1969)
Date2006
MediumRelief print from rubber band matrix
DimensionsImage: 36 5/8 × 24 3/4 in. (93 × 62.9 cm)
Sheet: 38 5/8 × 26 in. (98.1 × 66 cm)
Sheet: 38 5/8 × 26 in. (98.1 × 66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky in honor of Kelli Parker
Edition1/35
Object number2023.1.8
Status
On viewDonovan works with everyday material such as rolls of Scotch® Tape, paper cups, or, in this case, rubber bands. She arranges hundreds of such objects in repeating patterns resembling clouds, beehives, or cellular patterns. Her accumulations are often large and sculptural, sprawling across walls, floors, and ceilings. She says, “it is not like I’m trying to simulate nature. It’s more of a mimicking of the way of nature, the way things actually grow.”
Provenance(Pace Editions Inc., New York); Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID; by gift 2023 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Border Crossings: Contemporary Art from the Zirinsky Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 10, 2025 - June 1, 2025 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
- On View
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postmarked July 4, 1958
postmarked February 24, 1957