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Nick Cave, Speak Louder, 2011

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Seven humanoid figures have large, flat disks in place of facial features and are entirely covered in shiny, metallic buttons. Each of the figures is covered and connected by a long fabric that also covers the buttons.
Nick Cave, American, b. 1959
Speak Louder, 2011
Mixed media including black mother-of-pearl buttons, embroidery floss, upholstery, metal armature, and mannequins
Installed: 93 ½ × 199 × 123 in. (237.5 × 505.5 × 312.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by the Zell Family Foundation and by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2018.1
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo: James Prinz Photography
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