Mike Kelley
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
Blind Country
as uncreditedThis collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of...
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Made in Hollywood
as uncreditedSteeped in irony, Made in Hollywood depicts the personal and cultural mediation of reality and...
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Kappa
as The KappaDeconstructing the myth of Oedipus within the framework of an ancient Japanese folk story, the...
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Sir Drone
as JinxThree teenagers from the industrial part of Los Angeles try to form a punk rock band in...
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Day Is Done
as NarratorDay Is Done is a carnivalesque opus, a genre-smashing epic in which vampires, dancing Goths,...
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After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence
as SelfSince the 1960s, other disciplines, cultures, and artists previously excluded from modernism's...
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Garage Sale II
as uncreditedFeaturing performances by artists Tony Oursler and Mike Kelley, Garage Sale II moves between a...
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Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
as uncreditedA collaborative work based on Joanna Spyri's novel, Heidi.. The entire work consisted of a...
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The Broken Rule
as uncredited“THE BROKEN RULE is my reaction to the American education system, where learning blocks must be...
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Grow Live Monsters
as Manson victim - sax playerGrow Live Monsters is a selection of 8mm, super-8, and 16 mm film phantasies from the period...
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The Banana Man
as uncredited"This is my only truly solo video project. The tape is an exploration of character and was done...
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Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
as SonExperimental video about child abuse. McCarthy: "I was given access to a community television...
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