The first room starts off with photographs of an idyllic childhood in the rural Australian countryside that moves on to adolescent years in a Melbourne boarding school. Recurring themes of religion and sex, music and literature, creation and death, weave throughout the stories told by the objects. With over 300 meticulously chosen pieces spread out across eight rooms, each representing a different stage of Cave’s life, the exhibition lays bare the creative process that fuelled Cave, “a weird kid” from an Australian country town, to the world conquering rock icon.
And I think this exhibition does that really beautifully, it just gets quieter and more reflective”. I’m personally very proud of the fact that we’ve continued to make art, to follow the truth of things, wherever that may lead.
Then you go through that door, and everything changes. “This particular room is like the end of something, it’s representative of artistic self absorption without paying much attention to anything else. He describes the exhibition as “quite strange to walk through because I think it shows very clearly, the life of a very self absorbed, creative person, that’s had a series of violent ruptures in their life.” He went on to explain that while proud of the work he has created over the past 40 plus years, and understanding the importance it has amongst his fans, there is a definitive split between his old life and the new one, that was brought about by the tragic death of his 15-year-old son, Arthur. For the next 50 minutes Cave answered questions with an openness about the emotional journey that the exhibition represents to him. While seated behind his desk he carried that same magnetic energy, albeit from a much calmer place. Anyone who has ever seen Cave perform live can speak to his larger-than-life stage presence, which commands the attention of everyone in the room. Then he took a seat at his desk, and did what he does best, he told stories. Dressed in a grey pinstripe suit, Cave entered the room and joked, “What are you all doing in my office?” to the two dozen or so journalists gathered.
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