July to Juliana and Mary (1st layer) - the last comments about Tara

I had fun on Juliana's - but it's a bit ho-hum. Mary's needed something else - and the finished one will pop up later.

Here is my last look at Tara Donovan's work.

When the museum in my back yard had an exhibit of her work, I remember seeing the pins and toothpicks. I do not recall the glass. This piece was assembled with 4 wooden walls that were like a fence. I was not assigned to work on this piece - which was fine with me - because it was super tedious. People had to fill the box shape with pins or toothpicks. As I recall, she did not figure out a way to buy the items in bulk, so people were opening little boxes of pins and toothpicks. I thought that was absurd - but, that's just me. If there was a third box filled with glass - I do not recall how that worked. I can see how the pins and toothpicks would have been tangled up enough to hold together when the wood walls were removed. But, I do not see how the glass would have held together.

I can't find the dimensions of these pieces - as I recall - they were at least 3 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft - but maybe a bit larger. I also recall someone telling me that Tara was not pleased with where the piece was placed and wanted to reconstruct it in a different position. There was discussion. Tara did not get her way. 

And there were no ropes around these pieces - people could have run into them and they would have fallen to pieces. I should have asked if I could watch them when they de-installed the pieces. I guess I could ask the preparator. Now that he's retired - I wonder if he's ever pondered writing down the stories of the constructing and deconstructing of some of these types of pieces