Mike Kelley was one of the most provocative and influential figures in contemporary art. His idiosyncratic works negotiate a charged terrain of desire, dread and sociopathology in everyday life. With deadpan humor, he invests childhood toys, kitsch, and ordinary objects with subversive meaning. His video projects, often created with collaborators such as Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon, and Tony Oursler, inhabit a peculiarly American landscape infused with irony and pop cultural debris.
- - - - Michael "Mike" Kelley (October 27, 1954 in Wayne, Michigan – c. January 31, 2012 in South Pasadena) was an American artist. His work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance and video.
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KNOWN FOR
Blind Country
1989
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
2000
Made in Hollywood
1990
Fresh Acconci
1995
Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
1987
The Quinn-tuplets
2010
Kappa
1986
Day Is Done
2006
Cinderella
1986
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
1992
The Judson Church Horse Dance
2011
Mobile Homestead
2011
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
13
Directing
14
Writing
4
Producing
2
Sound
3
Visual Effects
1
Crew
2