![]() ![]() At MASS MoCA he will turn expectations inside out in a massive immersive installation that opens on Octonot a single Soundsuit will be found in this exhibition. Cave will be in dialogue with MASS MoCA curator Denise Markonish on Tuesday, April 12, at 5pm.Ĭave is perhaps best known for wearable sculptures called Soundsuits. Hear Cave share his vision to convert our football field-sized gallery into a theatrical gathering space that will be like stepping inside one of his iconic Soundsuits. Known for his costume-like sculptures and performances, at MASS MoCA Cave turns his art inside out to create a dazzling, immersive environment provoking vital exchanges about class, race, civil society, and violence. NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS - In October 2016, artist Nick Cave will transform MASS MoCA’s Building 5 with Until, his most ambitious exhibition ever. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.413.664.4481 Artist Talk with Nick Cave Creator of major Building 5 spectacle in conversation with MASS MoCA curator Denise Markonish This project was partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Tourism. Elizabeth Price, Nathaniel Robinson, Catherine Ross and Chris Liguori, Douglas and Yumi Ross, and Terra Foundation for American Art. Nesbitt, Conduit Studio, Tonya and Matt Geesman, Helyn Goldenberg and Michael Alper, Nickol and Darrel Hackett, Jana and Bernardo Hees, Katie and Billy Hutchens, Brenda and Steffan Jacobsen, Linda Johnson Rice, Diane Kahan, Laura and Craig Martin, Cheryl and Eric McKissack, Marisa Murillo, D. Generous support is contributed by Heiji and Brian Black, Dr. Karkomi and Marvin Leavitt Kovler Family Foundation Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Jennifer and Alec Litowitz Gael Neeson, Edlis Neeson Foundation Conor O’Neil/McCormick Family Foundation Ashley Hemphill Netzky and Pamela Netzky Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund and Rebekah and Ilan Shalit. Buford Conagra Brands Foundation Ellen-Blair Chube Lois and Steve Eisen and the Eisen Family Foundation Denise and Gary Gardner Jack and Sandra Guthman The Joyce Foundation Anne L. Major support is provided by Murat Ahmed and Katherine Mackenzie the Bluhm Family Robert J. Lead support is provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris, Zell Family Foundation, Cari and Michael Sacks, Nancy and Steven Crown, Joyce Yaung and Matt Bayer, Julie and Larry Bernstein, Marilyn and Larry Fields, Agnes Gund, Jack Shainman Gallery, and Karyn and Bill Silverstein. Lead individual sponsorship is generously contributed by Kenneth C. ![]() It is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art on the museum’s fourth floor. The exhibition is curated by Naomi Beckwith, former Manilow Senior Curator, with Jack Schneider, Curatorial Assistant. Nick Cave: Forothermore is an ode to those who, whether due to racism, homophobia, or other forms of bigotry, live their lives as the “other”-and a celebration of the way art, music, fashion, and performance can help us envision a more just future. This immersive journey through Cave’s distinct bodies of work is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue designed with Cave’s partner, Bob Faust. ![]() Nick Cave: Forothermore gathers all of these aspects of Cave’s work into the artist’s largest museum survey to date. ![]() Highlights of the exhibition include never-before-seen works, including a continuation of the artist’s popular Soundsuits series with the premiere of Soundsuits 9:29 and a mesmerizing, site-specific installation, Spinner Forest, comprised of thousands of kinetic spinners hanging in the museum’s two-story atrium and fourth-floor lobby.Ĭave came to prominence as a visual artist almost 20 years ago with his dazzling, sculptural Soundsuits, and works in Chicago as an activist, educator, designer, and performer. 1959, Fulton, MO lives in Chicago, IL), an artist celebrated for projects that blend community building with vibrant works of art across disciplines, including immersive installations, textural sculptures, impeccably crafted fashion, and dynamic videos and performances. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave (b. ![]()
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