Discovering a blue-chip gallery in a former car dealership on El Camino Real is like seeing a unicorn in a strip mall; suddenly everyday life is bizarrely punctuated with otherworldly glamour.In this case the otherworldy glamour was a Tara Donovan exhibition. Donovan is an artist who is known for her large installations built from every day materials like toothpicks, pins, and paper plates. While that may sound like a primary-school art project, it most certainly is not. The works are impressive and intriguing.
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| Thousands of pieces of shiny wrapping paper grouped into balls |
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| A cube of toothpicks, there's a base in the middle but probably more than half the volume is just toothpicks |
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| Plastic straws! |
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| Metal rings, similar to what tea-light candles sit inside |
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| Pencil topography, close-up |
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| Pencil topography, close-up |
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| Eggshells |
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| Pins by their thousands. They are set at slightly different heights in the densest sections to catch and reflect the light. |
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