Nick Cave: The Exhibition
The life and work of iconic Australian musician, songwriter and author Nick Cave is on show at the National Library of Australia from 15 August to 29 November 2009.
Nick Cave – The Exhibition, is on tour from the Arts Centre Melbourne and features hundreds of items personally chosen by Nick Cave that help tell the story of the man and his extraordinary career. They include notebooks and diaries, video images, photographs, his personal collection of posters and flyers dating back to the 1970s as well as books from his library.
National Library of Australia, Exhibition Gallery
15 August 2009 - 29 November 2009
Open 9 am to 5 pm daily. Free admission
Inquiries: 02 6262 1111
NOTE:
All Images are in high resolution JPEG format approximately A4 @ 300dpi.
Photograph by Polly Borland
Backdrop painting by Tony Clark,
Commissioned by the Arts Centre in 2007
Download (5.1 Mb zip)
Leper Messiah # 2, Rome, 1992
Photography by Peter Milne
Purchased 1992
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
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Notebook known as Sacred and Profane, 1985
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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Notebook known as Sacred and Profane, 1985
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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Handwritten dictionary contained in
notebook, 1984
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus, c.1950s – 60s
Nick Cave Private Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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'Tupelo',
Recorded November – December, 1984;
released on The Firstborn is Dead,
3 June 1985
Reproduced with permission Mushroom Music on
behalf of Mute Song
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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'And No More Shall We Part',
Recorded September 2000;
released on No More Shall We Part,
2 April 2001
Reproduced with permission Mushroom Music on
behalf of Mute Song
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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'O’Malley’s Bar',
Recorded January 1993
released on Murder Ballads,
5 January 1996
Reproduced with permission Mushroom Music on
behalf of Mute Song
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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'No Pussy Blues',
Recorded April 2006
released on Grinderman,
March 2007
Reproduced with permission Mushroom Music on
behalf of Mute Song
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
Download (5.38 Mb zip)
Sections from Clark’s Myriorama, 1997
Tony Clark
Nick Cave Private Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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Nick Cave, São Paolo, Brazil, 1994
Photograph by Steve Double
Kindly lent by Steve Double
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Books from Nick Cave’s office
Nick Cave Private Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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Saint Jude Patron Saint of Despair, 1985
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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The Firstborn Is Dead, by Nick Cave, 1985
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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The Last Show. The Boys Next Door,
Crystal Ballroom, Melbourne, 1980
Gift of Nick Cave, 2006
the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection
Object photography courtesy of Dan Magree © 2007
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Photo shoot for Nick Cave’s book,
And the Ass Saw the Angel, 1988
Photograph by Polly Borland
Kindly lent by Polly Borland
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Euchrid’s Crib, Nick Cave in
Yorkestrasse, West Berlin, 1985
Photograph by Bleddyn Butcher
Kindly lent by Nick Cave
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