Immerse yourself in US artist Nick Cave’s latest major installation ‘Until’ – an otherworldly and deeply political piece – now on display at Sydney’s Carriageworks arts centre.
There are millions of plastic pony beads; thousands of ceramic birds, fruits, and animals; 13 gilded pigs; more than 15km of crystals; 24 chandeliers; one crocodile; and 17 cast-iron lawn jockeys.
Yet get closer and you notice that guns are imprinted on to some of the 16,000 wind spinners. There are also bullets. It may look like an old-fashioned sweet shop or an enchanted forest, but its commentary is much darker: Cave is protesting gun crime and, in particular, the black victims of police violence