Artist Nick Cave parlayed a love for dance into his lively 'Soundsuits.' Here are three things to know about this vibrant series:
The artist is the subject of a current exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.Dancers in Soundsuits by artist Nick Cave perform during the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's annual Art Bash. Courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images.
Walking in the park, the artist intuitively began collecting twigs and used them to construct an elaborate costume. When worn, the costume made its own unique sounds—and the Soundsuits were born. Over the past 30 years, Cave has created over 500 Soundsuits, elaborate sculptures which draw inspiration from African tribal regalia and even medieval capes.
Today the director of the graduate fashion program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cave came by his talent for transformation early. The youngest of seven boys raised by a single mother, Cave grew up wearing hand-me-down clothing. “You have to figure out how to make those clothes your own…That’s how I started off, using things around the house,” Cave said in a 2009 interview.
“I found that I was interested in was this whole idea of the discarded. I started gathering materials at the flea markets and the antique malls. And so, for me, it’s me sort of taking these objects and reintroducing them and giving them a new sort of role,” said Cave in a conversation with the Museum of Modern Art. “A lot of the things that you will find in a Soundsuit are things that we all recognize.
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