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The Artist Project: Nick Cave

Mar 25, 2015 2 MINUTES
"I think sometimes simplicity is the most powerful form."

Artist Nick Cave reflects on Kuba cloths in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Nick Cave, born in 1959, is an American artist who works in a wide variety of mediums, including sculpture, installation, video, sound, and performance.

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Nick Cave (American, born 1959)

Soundsuit, 2008

Mixed media, 112 × 43 x 35 in. (284.5 × 109.2 × 88.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Mary Smith Dorward Fund (2009.44a-b). © Nick Cave. Photo: James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Artworks in this video

Woman's Ceremonial Underskirt
Woman's Ceremonial Underskirt
Kuba peoples, Bushoong group
Prestige Panel
Prestige Panel
Kuba peoples, Shoowa group

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