Nick Cave: Ensemble
For the 2021 Summer Arts Encounter, internationally-known Chicago-based artist Nick Cave’s Soundsuits from the collections of Betiana and Todd Simon, Karen and Robert Duncan, Kathy and Marc LeBaron, and Polina and Bob Schlott will be brought together for a mini-exhibition.
The Soundsuits will travel to the Simon residence for the Summer Arts Encounter fundraiser event on August 29, where a festive brunch will precede a conversation with the artist. Additionally, Cave’s conversation will be virtually broadcast on Bemis Center’s website for audiences in Omaha and beyond.
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, 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, 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 (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. nickcaveart.com
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