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Nick Cave (born February 4, 1959) is an American sculptor, dancer, performance artist, and professor. He is best known for his Soundsuit series: wearable assemblage fabric sculptures that are bright, whimsical, and other-worldly, often made with found objects.
Nick Cave is a contemporary African-American artist and dancer known for his unique fabric sculptures and performances. View Nick Cave’s 54 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Nick Cave was born in Fulton, Missouri in 1959. He creates “Soundsuits”—surreally majestic objects blending fashion and sculpture—that originated as metaphorical suits of armor in response to the Rodney King beatings and have evolved into vehicles for empowerment.
Working in fashion, performance, and fine art, Nick Cave explores both his identity as a gay black man, and the wider social context of marginalised peoples of the world.
Oct 15, 2019 · Nick Cave Is the Most Joyful, and Critical, Artist in America - The New York Times. Using materials that range from twigs to crystals to rainbow-colored hair, the artist makes sculptures that,...
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.
May 12, 2022 · Nick Cave is being celebrated in his first retrospective, “Forothermore,” open May 14th to October 2nd at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Nov 18, 2022 · Nick Cave: Forothermore. Past Exhibition November 18, 2022–April 10, 2023. Nick Cave (b. 1959, Fulton, Missouri) has become internationally celebrated for his elaborate installations and textile works, including his iconic Soundsuits, which blend sculpture, costume design, and instrument-making.
Nick Cave (born February 4, 1959, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.) is an American artist best known for his wearable mixed-media constructions known as Soundsuits, which act simultaneously as fashion, sculpture, and noisemaking performance art.
Jan 17, 2017 · Nick Cave created his first Soundsuit after the Rodney King beating in 1992. Cave was sitting in a park, feeling vulnerable and cast aside, when he saw a discarded twig on the ground. Later he fabricated a symbolic suit of armor, using hundreds of collected twigs.
