Tara Donovan at the Parrish

The Parrish Art Museum’s “Platform” series, in which artists are invited to create new works that engage the museum’s architecture and collection, will present “Platform: Tara Donovan” from Saturday through Oct. 18.

According to Andrea Grover, curator of special projects and organizer of the exhibition, “Tara Donovan’s approach to material is like no other artist’s. Her vision and sense of play allow her to transform the most mundane objects into breathtaking installations.”

The show will provide evidence of the artist’s fascination with ordinary objects, including three new works made from hundreds of Slinky toys that have been integrated into the spaces of the museum.

One, a freestanding sculpture approximately 7 by 7 by 7 feet, will be installed in the Parrish’s Material World gallery, which is devoted to the work of artists who use found and common materials, among them Donald Lipski, Louise Nevelson, and Alfonso Ossorio.

A second work is a wall piece composed from Slinkys that have been taken apart and reassembled into a 30-foot-wide, two-dimensional “drawing” of curvilinear patterns. The third piece is a monoprint, part of a new series created in conjunction with Ms. Donovan’s investigation of the Slinky, which has a black background and the tonal qualities of a photographic process or an X-ray.

Ms. Donovan, who lives and works in Brooklyn, has won numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant and the first Calder Prize. Her many exhibitions include solo shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, and the Arp Museum in Germany. Her work is in the collections of important museums throughout the United States.