Nick Cave: Mammoth

Nick Cave (b. 1959) is internationally renowned for surreal and seductive work combining sculpture, performance, and fashion. Known for his exuberant Soundsuits, originally created in response to racialized police violence, Cave explores the intersections of history and identity. In Mammoth, he expands his scope to address his family's history in rural Chariton County, Missouri, and his relationship with that landscape. Cave crafts immersive environments from humble materials—found objects, vintage tools, personal artifacts—presented as paleontological specimens to illuminate what we value and how we make meaning together. His practice interrogates our fundamental connections to environment and the imaginative possibilities embedded in everyday objects.