Fishman received her MFA from Yale University in 1980. She paints the edges of her works in bright fluorescents that leave a hovering glow on the gallery wall, a symptomatic and circumstantial buzz that radiates from each piece. The artist uses hue and texture to destabilize the viewer, with bright contrasts and slight variations that cause optic confusion and palpable disorientation. Read Moreīy exploring color and form throughout, she recognizes the power of abstract qualities to function like placebos, affecting the viewer both mentally and physically. Fascinated by our tendency to aestheticize the symptoms of disease as well as the substances that cure it, she studies our obsession with modern day medications. Louis Art Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Denver Art Museum, and The Let Go at the Park Avenue Armory.įor more than 25 years, artist Beverly Fishman has researched the science, imagery, and advertising of the pharmaceutical industry. Cave had a solo exhibition titled Here Hear on view at the Cranbrook Art Museum in 2015, a significant exhibition for him as an alumni of Cranbrook’s MFA program. It is reminiscent of the intricate detail and ornamentation found in his famous Soundsuits. Cave's Tondo is made of found sequined and embroidered fabrics assembled to create a circular work 10 ft in diameter.
Read MoreIn 2013 Cave said of his project HEARD
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Cave is well known for his Soundsuits - sculptural forms made to fit the human body - which camouflage the wearer, creating a second skin that conceals race, gender, and class to force the viewer to look without judgment.
Nick Cave is an artist, educator and messenger, working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums.
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