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Trained as a fiber artist and dancer, Nick Cave named his ongoing series of Soundsuits for the rustling he heard as he moved around in them. He created his first suit in response to the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers in 1991.
Cave created the first Soundsuit in response to the brutal beating of Rodney King by police officers in Los Angeles in 1991. By rendering their wearers at once hyper-visible and anonymous, the suits represent the position of those members of society who are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement and whose individual humanity is often ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Nick Cave’s “Soundsuits”. By art21. Artist Nick Cave discusses the experiences that force him to confront his identity as a black man—including being racially profiled by police—and how they fuel his impulse to create. Cave explains that in these moments he gets quiet and avoids lashing out in rage.
Nov 23, 2022 · A Nick Cave Survey: Brutality, Bedazzled. The artist’s fantastical soundsuits come to the Guggenheim in a retrospective that is haunting but sedate without his performing rumble and clatter...
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Nov 13, 2014 · Wed 12 Nov 2014 19.56 EST 10.30 EDT. Beyond their whimsical and playful look and feel, Nick Cave’s soundsuits reference African ceremonial regalia and African-American traditions, and...
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Oct 15, 2019 · Or the genius of the artist Nick Cave’s much-imitated and profoundly moving Soundsuits, created in the aftermath of the 1991 beating of Rodney King, as an expression of the perils of being...
Details. Title: Soundsuit. Creator: Nick Cave. Date Created: 2011. surreally majestic objects blending fashion and sculpture—that originated as metaphorical suits of armor in response to the...
