My layers come from pieces of art by the amazing contemporary artist; Tara Dovovan, born in New York 1969 and working out of Brooklyn.
I had never heard about her before I visit Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark – in the beginning of July this year together with my friend Iris. My post about my visit: a contemporary day in Denmark.
Tara just blow the socks of me – with every piece in her show – the amount of work that have gone into every piece was just mind-blowing. She only uses every day materials.
The first photo of layers is from her piece; Bluffs from 2005 – where she has glued small clear plastic buttons on each other layer after layer.
Second piece has the title “Untitled”, 2008 and made of polyester film.
She also showed a wall made from translucent plastic drinking straws – the Haze, but it was impossible for me to catch the greatness in that piece with my little camera – layer on layer with drinking straws.
Please watch the little video made by Louisiana about her work and you will get a better understaning of the greatness of her work.
“Without art, the crudeness of reality
would make the world unbearable.”
George Bernard Shaw
Why not join the challenge yourself or check out other’s layers, Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers
As music cloud for this post I have chosen a piece by our biggest comtemperay classical music composer of today, Michael Nyman, “Time Lapse”.
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Love the pics, the music….and above all – the quote! One of my favorites 🙂
Thank you so much – this challenge I just had to enter, even if I have a hard time sitting down, knew at once what I was going to enter.
I love the music too – and the qoute is new to me – but I think it’s so RIGHT! Have a pleasant weekend.
Hope you’ll get better soon dear! Have a nice and cozy weekend as well – (I’m off for Scrabble 🙂 )
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WOW! So beautiful dear Viveka, and so creative… Fascinated me. Thank you. I am crazy with art world and creative people. How are you dear, I hope you are better, have a nice weekend, love, nia
Thank you for the reblogg – yes, she are mind blowing – her cubs of thoothpicks and pins – just amazing.
Not feeling any better – but I just had to enter this challenge with my shots of Tara’s art. Time for a painkiller and bed now – monday Ireland here I come.
Wish you a pleasant weekend, Nia. Thank you so much for your fantastic support.
I lost myself for a moment in the wonderful music and visuals. Thank you Viveka.
Have a lovely weekend 🙂
Suzanne, you’re such a sweetheart! I wish you the same.
It was fun to do this post, because so soon I saw the subject for the challenge I knew what photos I was going for. Big fan of Michael Nyman’s music. He did the soundtrack to the fantastic movie – The Piano- one of my favorite soundtracks.
Something about the second photo keeps catching my eyes, Really like that one 🙂
I wish that I took more photos of that piece – it was massive – it really caught my eye too.
All her pieces was just amazing – have a lovely weekend, Andy
You too 🙂
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Your second piece was my favourite, absolutely beautiful 😀
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CCU
I love all the elements of this beautiful post Viveka! The polyester film installation is truly lovely! Welcome back! 🙂
Madhu, her was just mind blowing – never seen anything like. Herr cubs made of paperclips, toothpicks and pins – millions of them, just glued together – wasn’t allowed to take any photos for the guard standing there. 1×1 mtr, Some thousands of paper clips. *smile
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As usual Viveka, you find the COOLEST stuff. 🙂
Colleen, I like to think I’m a cool girl .. thanks for that.
Tara is just fantastic – never seen anything like her stuff.
Hope your weekend is pleasant. Hugs …
Weekend is great, and busy, and stuff with the nose.
And you are the coolest. 😉
I think you are a cool girl too … *smile
Today I will sail over to Scotland.
Hopefully I will have wifi on full time over there. Wish you a pleasant weekend. Can believe another week has passed.
No I can’t believe the week is gone already. Suck up some of that Scotland air for me. And I hope your travels are treating you like royalty. 🙂
I know time just fly away with us – sitting aboard now in the business lounge where they have big fancy Apple PC’s for anyones use – not a fan of fan – but I manage to get into wordpress. Love the big clear screen. *smile
My old job always treat me like a queen, a bit too old to be treated as a princess.
I can see you sitting there like a Queen using their Apple PC’s. I hope you did one of those royal waves and made everyone wonder what you were doing! 🙂
Smile – not very good on royal waves. Having a great time in a mild and friendly Scotland.
Okay, no royal waves. But I’m sure you have a dazzling smile. Hello to Scotland! 🙂
In Dublin now – and yesterday it was a shopping day and a tough one. ‘smile
Dazzling smiles – I’m not too sure abut that -but I’m giving loads of smiles away constantly. *smile
HELLO DUBLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would be giving the smiles away by the thousands if I was there now. I hope that means your trip is treating you fabulously!
I’ve heard of her before. quite interesting “stuff” she makes.
Are you feeling better? xo 🙂 Sleep well 🙂
She are brilliant. It seems like I have a good day and a bad day – yesterday was terrible, but today okay – hope it stays like this now. Thanks for asking.
I slept very well – but woke up 4 a’clock … so tired today.
Early bed tonight. *smile
Well, then rest before you take your trip 😀 😀 😀
When are you leaving? xo
Thanks Dia! Taken it easy the whole weekend, except when I paid for my new glasses – it was heavy to pin the code for payment. *smile
See you from Ireland and UK: Leaving tomorrow lunch.
Have a great week!
Have lots of fun in Ireland and enjoy yourself to the fullest!
New glasses, ha? I need some, too… yikes, expensive, hahaha, heavy on the PIN code 😉
xo 🙂
Yes, glasses is something we must invest in – mine wasn’t that expensive, had a lot worst – Danish design. I will send you my address so soon as I’m on full time wifi and FREE!
Wish you a pleasant weekend.
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Wow, that looks awesome! I especially love the film image. Gorgeous!
Wow, beautiful art and amazing to know what materials went into the art! 🙂
Yes, every piece of hers was just mind-blowing – the job that she have put into every piece, she can’t have a sex life *smile
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She really is something…I regret I didn’t go while she was in Denmark.
If I knewn you would have liked to go too – I would have asked you. Yes, it was a fantastic show. I knew nothing about here until I saw her first piece the buttons. Just amazing artist.
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I so love visiting your blog, Viveka. You take a challenge far beyond anyone that I know…both in life and in your blog. Your interpretation of layers is perfect as is the music. 🙂
Karen, I love having you as a member in my “fan-club” – I try to think outside the box if it’s possible – but not all share my vision and that’s okay – can’t please everyone.
Our lifes is full of layers too – but a bit hard to picture in a couple of shots.
So glad you think the music is suiteable for the entry, I’m such a big fan of Michael Nyman.
You have me the same pleasure every time I viist your world.
You may already have gone as I write this, Vivi. Hope the meds help for your trip, or better still that you don’t need them. Big hug 🙂
Awesome post! Her work is spellbinding.
Jo, thanks for all the hugs – all in the hand luggage now.
I really liked doing this post – she are amazing and I’m not really fan of contemporary art, because I think a lot of it just take the mickey out of us, but Tara is mindblowing.
Big HuuUUUUUg in return.
Very cool and unusual.
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Janet – and pleasant comments as usual. *smile
Have a great weekend.
Perfect and beautiful entries Viveka. How are you?
Bebs, I have been in Belfast for 4 days and had a fantastic time meeting up with my dearest friends and shopping. Had snow the first night here. Today sailing over to Scotland for a couple of days to meet up with friends there too.
I’m doing okay, but I have great discomfort – trying not to think about. Hopefully I will have a meeting booked with the specialists when I return home. Have a great weekend.
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This is so fascinating to watch, Viveka. Some people’s creativity just amazes me. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
(This is AD, popping in from my new blog, to follow anew.) xx
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Sylvia, your new blog looks just fantastic – great layout – clicked following yesterday – but wasn’t able to do much more – internet not the greatest here on the hotel. I wish you all the luck with your new world.
Thanks so much, Viveka. Have a great weekend. xx
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Love the music on this one, Viveka. Sort of quirky but building, gripping.
Great layers. That wall with bubbles in it – that’s a curious one. It’s the kind of thing that has me ask, “Is that art?” but it is in that an artist sees something in it, even if I fail to. Great pics.
You’re so right … At times I think some artists is taking the mickey out of us, but Tara blowed the socks of me. Thank you for your comment.