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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.
Nick Cave (born February 4, 1959) is an American sculptor, dancer, performance artist, and professor. [1] He is best known for his Soundsuit series: wearable assemblage fabric sculptures that are bright, whimsical, and other-worldly, often made with found objects.
Cave’s training in dance choreography and textile art inspired him to create sculptural costumes that he named Soundsuits, after the noises they emitted when in motion. To make this particular Soundsuit, which is not meant to be worn, Cave repurposed ceramic elements that he found in markets, thrift stores, and antique shops.
Nick Cave 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.
Nick Cave creates his Soundsuits out of diverse materials—from twigs, sequins, and buttons to toys, metal birds, and flowers. Although this Soundsuit is displayed as sculpture, others can be worn...
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.
15 Οκτ 2019 · Or the genius of the artist Nick Cave’s much-imitated and profoundly moving Soundsuits, created in the aftermath of the 1991 beating of Rodney King, as an expression of the perils of being a...
