Brad Pitt and Nick Cave make surprising sculpting art debut in Finland

HELSINKI, Finland — Hollywood’s Brad Pitt and Australian musician Nick Cave have debuted as artists an exhibition in Finland that shows Sculptures and ceramics of the movie star and the singer-songwriter.

The Sara Hilden Art Museum in the southern Finnish city of Tampere was originally intended to only display the wide variety of work by British artist Thomas Houseago – known for his sculptures – but he reportedly persuaded the museum to include works by his friends Pitt and Cave.

“Cave and Pitt are already well-known in their respective fields of music and cinema, but this is the first time ever that they are exhibiting their artworks – pieces created over the course of an ongoing dialogue with Houseago,” the Finnish museum said.

Pitt and Cave traveled to Tampere, a university town known for its vibrant culture and music scene, for a pre-opening event on Saturday. Finnish media reported that both men said they were excited and nervous to present their art publicly for the first time.

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Among the nine works Pitt, 58, features a house-shaped structure molded from clear silicone and riddled with bullets, and a plasterboard depicting a shooting scene.

Pitt reportedly began making ceramic art after his divorce from Angelina Jolie in 2017.

“For me, it’s all about self-reflection,” Pitt told Finnish public broadcaster YLE. “It’s about, you know what I did wrong in my relationships? Where did I miss something?”

“It was really taken out of personal responsibility for what I call a radical inventory of the self, getting really cruelly honest with myself and … considering those I may have hurt and the moments where I’m just plain wrong,” he said the American Oscar winner and film producer told YLE.

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Von Cave, known for his dark baritone voice as the frontman of his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the exhibition features a series of ceramic figurines depicting the life of the devil. He designed, painted and glazed the 17 figures between 2020 and this year.

“I wanted to make devils because I like red. And I like the red frosting color,” Cave told YLE. “I finally decided to do the life story of the devil. For me personally it speaks something about the idea of ​​forgiveness or the need to be forgiven. It is a very personal work for me.”

The exhibition opened on Sunday and runs until January 15, 2023.

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