Mike Kelley

Born: 1954-10-27

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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Made in Hollywood

as uncredited
Released: 1990-10-20

Steeped in irony, Made in Hollywood depicts the personal and cultural mediation of reality and...

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Kappa

as The Kappa
Released: 1986-06-17

Deconstructing the myth of Oedipus within the framework of an ancient Japanese folk story, the...

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After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

as Self
Released: 1992-01-01

Since the 1960s, other disciplines, cultures, and artists previously excluded from modernism's...

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Sir Drone

as Jinx
Released: 1989-09-13

Three teenagers from the industrial part of Los Angeles try to form a punk rock band in...

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Grow Live Monsters

as Manson victim - sax player
Released: 1995-01-01

Grow Live Monsters is a selection of 8mm, super-8, and 16 mm film phantasies from the period...

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Blind Country

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

This collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of...

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The Banana Man

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-01

"This is my only truly solo video project. The tape is an exploration of character and was done...

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Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone

as uncredited
Released: 1992-10-30

A collaborative work based on Joanna Spyri's novel, Heidi.. The entire work consisted of a...

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Day Is Done

as Narrator
Released: 2006-03-12

Day Is Done is a carnivalesque opus, a genre-smashing epic in which vampires, dancing Goths,...

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Garage Sale II

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-01

Featuring performances by artists Tony Oursler and Mike Kelley, Garage Sale II moves between a...

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Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)

as Son
Released: 1987-01-01

Experimental video about child abuse. McCarthy: "I was given access to a community television...

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The Broken Rule

as uncredited
Released: 1979-01-01

“THE BROKEN RULE is my reaction to the American education system, where learning blocks must be...

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