Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2013, mixed media including hats, bags,

and rag rugs, 110 x 36 x 32 inches. NC13.030. Photograph by James

Prinz. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

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Re:Purposed

Featured Works

Nick Cave

Soundsuit, 2008

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2008.

Mixed media, 94 x 35 x 35

inches. NC09.014. © Nick Cave

Photo by James Prinz

Photography, courtesy of the

artist and Jack Shainman

Gallery, New York.

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Emily Noelle Lambert

Fortress, 2012

Emily Noelle Lambert, Fortress, 2012. Wood, plaster, acrylic. © Emily Noelle

Lambert. Image courtesy of the artist and Lu Magnus Gallery, New York

Aurora Robson

Up Drop, 2010

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Aurora

Robson, Up

Drop, 2010.

Plastic debris

(PET plastic),

rivets, tinted

polycrylic,

and mica.

Courtesy of

the artist.

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Re:Purposed is part of The Ringling’s 2014-2015 Art of Our Time season, supported by a grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

This exhibition was paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues, the Elizabeth Firestone Graham

Foundation, Saks Fifth Avenue and the State of Florida Cultural Endowment Program. Additional support was generously provided by

the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation Endowment, the Philip D. and Unni Kaltenbacher Endowment, the Publix Super

Markets Charities Endowment, the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Endowment, the Peter and Mary Lou Vogt Museum

Generated Exhibition Fund and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation.

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