From North Adams the year long installation will be presented at Carriage Works in Sydney, Australia.įrom there it will move to an industrial building being renovated as an adjunct to Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, Arkansas. Unlike many past MoCA installations the work will travel. It was indicated that this work among others will be a part of the programming in North Adams. More explicitly there was a 20 minute video based on a performance piece in Detroit. He conveyed the toll it takes from him and the courage required to continue fueled by its impact and importance.ĭuring the dialogue images of the work were projected behind the speakers as a slide show. As Markonish commented a plan evolved to create an installation, involving the entire space, that puts the viewer inside the belly of the Sound Suits.Īt one point reflecting on the immensity of the challenge, as well as recent social sculpture projects in Shreveport and Detroit which involved intensive community engagement, Cave was overcome with emotion. When Cave first visited the museum he related lying down in the space and just contemplating and being daunted by its overwhelming dimensions.įew details were revealed as the work will evolve during the summer prior to an opening on October 15. It always represents a formidable and not always successful challenge for artists. It is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art among the world's museums. Initially, MoCA director Joe Thompson expressed reservations about an exhibition of his human scaled Sound Suits being dwarfed by the dimensions of vast Building Five. The collaboration with Cave started with a studio visit three years ago. We noted a number of artists attending the event. There were even rows of seats on stage to accommodate an overflow of students from nearby Williams College and MCLA. It was 5 PM on a Tuesday but surprisingly the interview between the artist and curator was mostly sold out. The day culminated with an event in the museum's spacious Hunter Center.
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Yesterday, the artist was in North Adams for a full day of meetings with curator, Denise Markonish, and the staff of MASS MoCA. The gallerist grew up in Williamstown and is a frequent visitor to the area. Since 2006, Cave has been represented by Jack Shainman Gallery which includes some of the foremost contemporary African and African American artists. There is a confluence with the exotic Indian costumes of Mardi Gras parades. carved wood and woven fibers but his are decidedly inorganic, often colorful and even garish.
The materials often resemble their natural elements such as grass. The work of the African American artist evokes grounding in African tribal art, performance and ritual. Cave lives and works in Chicago, IL, USA.The artist Nick Cave is known for his elaborate Sound Suits which transform the human body while probing issues of identity by masking gender and race. Cave has had major exhibitions at MASS MoCA (2016) Cranbrook Art Museum (2015) Saint Louis Art Museum (2014-15) ICA Boston (2014) Denver Art Museum (2013) Fabric Workshop and Museum (2011-12) Seattle Art Museum (2011) and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2009), among others. Cave’s awards and residencies include the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (2008), Artadia Award (2006), Joyce Award (2006), Creative Capital Grant (2004, 2002), and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2001). Nick Cave attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, 1989), North Texas State University (1984-86), and the Kansas City Art Institute (BFA, 1982). Cave’s sculptures also include non-figurative assemblages, intricate accumulations of found objects that project out from the wall, and installations enveloping entire rooms. The “Soundsuits” are also displayed in exhibitions as static sculptures, arranged as groups of figures in formation that are striking in their diversity and powerful stance.
Dazzling in their movement, Cave’s sculptures are crafted in collaboration with artisans from a dizzying array of materials that include beads, raffia, buttons, sequins, twigs, fur, and fabric. The artist also works with choreographers, dancers, and amateur performers to produce lavish community celebrations in untraditional venues for art.
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