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The Artist Project

The Artist Project: Nick Cave

Artist Nick Cave reflects on Kuba cloths in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"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.

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

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Prestige Panel, Raffia palm fiber, Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
Prestige Panel
Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
20th century
Woman's Ceremonial Underskirt, Barkcloth, raffia fiber, Kuba peoples, Bushoong group
Woman's Ceremonial Underskirt
Kuba peoples, Bushoong group
early to mid-20th century