1954-10-27 Wayne, Michigan, USA
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Day Is Done | Narrator | 2006-03-12 |
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Grow Live Monsters | Manson victim - sax player | 1995-01-01 |
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Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone | 1992-10-30 | |
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After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence | Self | 1992-01-01 |
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Made in Hollywood | 1990-01-01 | |
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Blind Country | 1989-01-01 | |
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Sir Drone | Jinx | 1989-09-13 |
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Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding) | Son | 1987-01-01 |
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Kappa | The Kappa | 1986-06-17 |
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Cinderella | Accordian Player | 1986-04-16 |
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The Banana Man | 1983-01-01 | |
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Garage Sale II | 1980-01-01 | |
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The Broken Rule | 1979-01-01 |
