Pace Tokyo is hosting the first solo exhibition in Japan by acclaimed American artist Tara Donovan until July 3. A pivotal figure in contemporary art, Donovan is celebrated for her transformative use of everyday materials – plastic cups, straws, Slinkys, pins and CDs – into sculptural and perceptual experiences that defy categorisation. Rooted in the traditions of Postminimalism and the Light and Space movement, her work has earned her a MacArthur ‘Genius’ grant and a place in major museum collections around the world.
Donovan’s Tokyo show surveys two decades of her boundary-pushing practice. Highlights include ‘Haze’ (2003), a mesmerising wall installation composed of drinking straws, and ‘Stratagem IX’ (2024), an eight-foot sculpture crafted from recycled CD-ROM discs that refract light in dazzling, ever-changing patterns. Also featured are recent wall-based works using reconfigured Slinkys and a new pin drawing created specifically for this display.
