Imagine seeing a larger-than-life wearable sculpture made out of sock monkeys. Imagine seeing another encrusted completely in sparkly sequins. What if those sculptures were worn and the people in them were dancing? What would you see? What would you think? What would you wonder?
This winter, I took my family to the St. Louis Art Museum to see Nick Cave’s exhibit Currents 109 in the Contemporary gallery (open through March 8, 2015). Missouri native Nick Cave creates “Soundsuits” out of a variety of materials such as textiles, raffia, yarn, buttons, sequins, and other found...Read more