Nick Cave: Truth Be Told, 2020

4-color digitally printed vinyl
Dimensions vary
For Jack Shainman Gallery’s The School. Traveled to Brooklyn Art Museum, Mass MoCA and across the country on digital billboards
Photos by various

The expression “Truth Be Told” implies the admission of an otherwise uncomfortable reality. In the context of this work, the artists question the precariousness of truth and its role in our society, while simultaneously using the phrase as a call to action, seeking to encourage and summon truth from those who encounter the artwork. It was first installed in monumental black vinyl letters on the façade of Jack Shainman Gallery’s The School in Kinderhook, New York, in response to the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. It was subsequently installed on the facade of the Brooklyn Art Museum, billboards outside of Mass MoCA and finally across the country on over 300 digital billboards.