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Museum and Foundation, New York. This is Beckwith’s
curatorial debut at the Guggenheim. X Zhu-Nowell,
Assistant Curator, is supporting the Guggenheim
presentation.

The exhibition is organized by the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago. The MCA exhibition tour is
made possible by Kenneth C. Griffin. Lead support is
provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory
of Bette and Neison Harris, Zell Family Foundation,
Cari and Michael Sacks, Nancy and Steven Crown,
Joyce Yaung and Matt Bayer, Julie and Larry Bernstein,
Marilyn and Larry Fields, Agnes Gund, Jack Shainman
Gallery, and Karyn and Bill Silverstein.

Nick Cave, Hustle Coat, 2021. Bronze, found textiles, and found metal
objects, 59 × 41 × 16 in. (149.9 × 104.1 × 40.6 cm). Presented on Wallwork
(designed in collaboration with Bob Faust), 2022. Courtesy the artist and
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Nick Cave. Photo: Midge Wattles. ©
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Nick Cave, Arm Peace, 2019. Bronze and found metal objects, 85 × 39 × 12
in. Courtesy the artist. © Nick Cave. Photo: Midge Wattles. © Solomon R.
Guggenheim Foundation, New York

cites the psychedelic pageantry of George Clinton’s
collective Parliament-Funkadelic and the flamboyant
excess of Chicago house music as formative
influences on his artistic development. “What It Is”
will include Cave’s work that addresses oppression,
loss, mourning, and remembrance, but also joy and
collective celebration. Finally, “What It Shall Be” will
gather Cave’s recent incarnation of Soundsuits and
monumentally scaled Tondo works, which exemplify
his survival strategies amid injustice.
In honor of Cave’s desire to give access to the
broadest audience, the opening weekend of Nick
Cave: Forothermore will be free to the public,
thanks in part to support by Ford Foundation. Nick
Cave: Forothermore is organized by the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago and curated by Naomi
Beckwith, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David
Stockman Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim

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