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Brad Pitt has made a few sculptures in response to themes of nature, cosmic unity, and the cycle of life.

I guess acting and wine-making were not enough of an outlet for Pitt after the beefed-up divorce from his ex, Angelina Jolie – the settlement of which is still ongoing.

The Fight Club star has now entered the canon of other A-listers (like the rapper Skepta, actor Robert Pattison, and pot-smoker Seth Rogen, to name a few) who are taking on the art world.

Pitt is showing his art in public for the first time in a group show with musician Nick Cave and artist Thomas Houseago, which opened on September 18 at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland.

Houseago invited the unlikely duo to exhibit their art alongside his own, describing the collaboration as “an impactful move away from the ego-driven modes of thinking to a profound realization that ‘I am not an I. I’m a WE!’” per ArtNet.

The trio was photographed at the exhibition opening surrounded by several sculptures and a painting:

Image: Jussi Koivunen

Pitt produced a total of nine works for the show, ranging from a large-scale, bronze, coffin-shaped sculpture, to smaller works such as a miniature house made out of tree bark and held together with tape.

A large work entitled Aiming At You I Saw Me But It Was Too Late This Time (2020) shows a violent shooting, while another work has bullets trapped in silicone.

Image: Instagram/ deBranne Treu

I can see Brad’s skirt-wearing inspiration there.

The other of Pitt’s largest pieces is a coffin-sized bronze box depicting hands, feet, and faces attempting to break through the structure at various angles:

Image: Instagram/ deBranne Treu

Not too bad, I won’t lie.

Per The Art Newspaper, Pitt spoke of his artistic turn at the show’s opening:

“For me it’s about self reflection… It was born out of ownership over what I call a ‘radical inventory of the self’. And getting really brutally honest with me and taking account of those I may have hurt and the moments I’ve just gotten wrong.”

As for the creations made by the Australian singer-songwriter:

Cave is presenting a series of glazed ceramic sculptures depicting the life of the Devil (perhaps a symbolic alter-ego for the brooding musician?) in 17 scenes, “from innocence through experience into confrontation of our mortality,” according to the museum.

Image: The Art Newspaper

Made by Cave between 2020 and 2022, with the help of London artist Corin Johnson, “aesthetically the series nods to the artist’s interest in Victorian Staffordshire Flatback figurines, of which he is a collector,” the museum said in a statement.

Houseago’s works, meanwhile, examine the state of ego death associated with creativity.

The Thomas Houseago—WE with Nick Cave and Brad Pitt exhibition will run through to January 15, 2023.

[sources:artnewspaper&artnet]