Nick Cave: Forothermore

Nick Cave: Forothermore is a comprehensive career survey of Cave's socially responsive art, published with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. It explores topics from art history to social justice and includes essays, interviews, and a roundtable discussion with Cave and other cultural figures. Cave's work, including his Soundsuits, has been exhibited at major museums worldwide.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 30 April 2022
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

Nick Cave: Forothermore is a comprehensive career survey of Cave's socially responsive art, published with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. It highlights the artist's evolution and response to cultural crisis, featuring new works and essays by Naomi Beckwith, Romi Crawford, Antwaun Sargent, Malik Gaines, Krista Thompson, and Meida Teresa McNeal. Interviews with Cave explore his life, work, and teaching practice, as well as a roundtable discussion with Damita Jo Freeman, Nona Hendryx, and Linda Johnson Rice on his art and influences. The book reveals how art, music, fashion, and performance can help us envision a more just future. Cave is known for his Soundsuits, sculptural forms based on the scale of his body, created in response to the police beating of Rodney King in 1991. He has had major exhibitions at MASS MoCA, Cranbrook Art Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, ICA Boston, Denver Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, among others. Cave lives and works in Chicago.

Dimension: 279 x 229 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781942884965