![]() ![]() A flock of 11 of these sculptures would then be suspended from the ceiling, and sound would be used to "reference time and place." The spinners proposed for KCI would also incorporate imagery of local plants and animals, such as the Dogwood or American bullfrog, and historical or local personalities.Įscalator to Baggage Claim: Soo Sunny Park, "Molten Swing"Ī screenshot of one of the slides detailing the conceptual proposal for Neil Chambers, Lillian Cho and Willie Cole's work "Ornithology" at the new terminal at KCI.Ī trio of artists - Neil Chambers, Lillian Cho and Willie Cole - proposed a "cultural installation that embraces Kansas City's rich musical legacy and its bounty of ecological wonders," as Martin described.Īlto saxophones, with a nod to jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, are combined into sculptural bird forms. Martin added, "From my perspective, the selection panelists were quite drawn to the awe-inspiring scale, the colorful nature of the work, and the inclusion of some local icons."Ĭave, who is based in Chicago, has ties to the area: He grew up in Fulton, Missouri, and attended the Kansas City Art Institute. So the spinners will create an expansive and unending infinity-life feeling." Public art administrator James Martin described the work as a "forest of colorful metal spinners that would hang from the ceiling." Cave, he said, "envisions making use of reflective ceiling surface. To place an absentee bid, fill out this form, and email it to Rebecca Wehry at by 10am on October 25.A screenshot of the conceptual proposal for Nick Cave's "The Air Up Here" at the new terminal at KCI.Īrtist Nick Cave's proposal for the check-in hall ceiling, "The Air Up There," is an expansion of an installation at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, which was also on view at the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas. The October 25 live auction will be conducted by Eric Widing, Deputy Chairman, Christie’s Americas. Cave, who lives and works in Chicago, is professor and Chairman of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Ĭourtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York ![]() “Cave asks us to dream with him,” wrote curator Denise Markonish, “but he also reminds us to act in the real world.”Ĭave’s work can be found in many public collections including the Brooklyn Museum Crystal Bridges, Bentonville the Detroit Institute of Arts the Museum of Modern Art, New York the Smithsonian Institution and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. Like Cave’s exhibit Until, the film is a beautifully rendered vehicle for discussion and a way people can talk plainly about the difficult times in which we find ourselves. With its church gospel choir, the film is a stirring performance of dance, cultural symbolism, and storytelling. While in Detroit, Cave created Up Right (2015), a rich meditative film that observes Cave inviting at-risk youths from local community centers to trust him and undergo a metamorphosis of sorts as they are costumed in his Soundsuits. This is prevalent in his community-based works in Detroit, Michigan, and Shreveport, Louisiana, where he produced community performances (part art, part talent shows), with Cave the artist-cum-bandleader, urging communities to explore art as an agent of change. ![]() Cave feels civic responsibility, often referring to himself as a change agent or messenger. But creating an immersive installation was not enough. When faced with MASS MoCA’s football-field-sized Building 5, Cave’s first instinct was to create an immersive installation that would engulf viewers as if they had entered the interior of a Soundsuit - right into the belly of the beast. This belief led to Cave’s most complex work to date: Until (on view at MASS MoCA through September 2017). There is an increasing urgency to Cave’s work, signaling his belief that it is time to remove the mask his Soundsuits once provided, to confront profiling, violence, and racism head on. An artist working in sculpture, installation, video, and sound, Nick Cave perhaps best known for his Soundsuits, sculptural forms that camouflage the body in colorful costumes, creating a second skin that conceals race, gender, and class.
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