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

Most Known For

Kappa

as The Kappa

Cinderella

as Accordian Player

Made in Hollywood

Day Is Done

as Morose Ghoul (voice)

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

Sir Drone

as Jinx

Blind Country

The Broken Rule

Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)

as Son

Grow Live Monsters

as Manson victim - sax player

The Banana Man

Garage Sale II

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

as Self