A Conversation with Nick Cave
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Live-streamed at Bemis Center and at youtube.com/bemiscenter
Join us for the live-stream of Chicago-based artist Nick Cave and Bemis Center Executive Director Chris Cook's conversation at the sold out Summer Arts Encounter fundraiser event on Sunday, August 29. The conversation will be broadcast at Bemis Center and youtube.com/bemiscenter, free of charge.
Please consider a suggested $40 donation in honor of Bemis Center’s 40th Birthday to support the event.
Nick Cave (b. 1959, Fulton, MO; lives and works in Chicago, IL) is an artist, educator, and foremost a messenger, working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums including sculpture, installation, video, sound, and performance. Cave is well known for his Soundsuits, sculptural forms based on the scale of his body initially created in direct response to the police beating of Rodney King in 1991. Soundsuits camouflage the body, masking and creating a second skin that conceals race, gender, and class, forcing the viewer to look without judgment. They serve as a visual embodiment of social justice that represents both brutality and empowerment.
Bemis Center is thankful to the following Summer Arts Encounter Sponsors for their support:
Hosts + Presenting Sponsors
Collectors + Cornerstone Sponsors
Benefactors
Sponsors
Nick Cave; Soundsuit, 2011; Mixed media including buttons, wire, bugle beads, basket, upholstery, and mannequin; 83 x 23 x 23 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Photo: James Prinz Photography; Kathy and Marc LeBaron Collection.
Nick Cave; Soundsuit, 2006; Mixed media; 100 x 25 x 15 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Betiana and Todd Simon Collection.
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2008; Mixed Media with Mannequin; 100 x 25 x 14 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Karen and Robert Duncan Collection.
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2010; Mixed Media with mannequin; 100 x 24 x 18 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Polina and Bob Schlott Collection.
Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz.
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