The Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist is preparing for a trio of honors in the Windy City.
in Michigan, was pivotal to developing his self-confidence. He finished his thesis paintings a month early but soon decided that he wasn’t happy with them. “My peers were like, ‘You are nuts,’ but it just wasn’t what I wanted,” he recalls. “It wasn’t challenging.” He quickly started fresh, creating an installation and performing within it.
That integration of choreography presaged his “Soundsuits,” which swish, jingle and click when inhabited. His presence at Cranbrook as the sole student of color also galvanized his direction. “I didn’t feel unsafe,” he says. “But it was a very awakening moment.” Three years later, King’s beating pushed Cave to respond. He began collecting twigs in a park and brought them back to his studio, where he assembled them into a sculpture, then realized he could wear it like a shield.
The survey will also feature his first bronze “Soundsuit,” which stands a monumental 12 feet tall . It’s part of his quest to reach a broader viewership, as is his Art on theMart project: a “Soundsuits” performance projected onto theMart’s facade, though Cave says the digital piece will integrate the building, not simply sit on the surface. “This is really a dance with architecture,” he says.
Cave sees his practice as “art with civic responsibility” and his mission as bringing “light into the world” by starting conversations. “Art has always been my savior because the constant trauma around racism—I don’t know how people process it,” he says. “I am lucky to have this vehicle to bear all of this burden. Because it’s tough, it’s really tough.”
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