Mike Kelley
Biography
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
Directed Films
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)
The Judson Church Horse Dance
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Day Is Done
Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)
Heidi’s Four Basket Dances
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia Plath
Fresh Acconci
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
The Banana Man
Also Appeared In
Day Is Done
Grow Live Monsters
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence
Made in Hollywood
Sir Drone
Blind Country
Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
Kappa
Cinderella
The Banana Man
