Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Mike Kelley is widely considered one of the most influential artists of our time. The city of Los Angeles became his adopted home and the site of his prolific art practice. Mining the banal objects of everyday life, Kelley elevated these materials to question and dismantle Western conceptions of contemporary art and culture. Starting out in the late s, Kelley became known for performance and installation based works; he came to prominence in the s with a series of sculptures composed of common craft materials and stuffed animals.
These projects invoked a vast range of media and forms, illustrating the artist's versatility and underscored a number of Kelley's recurrent themes, such as repressed memory, sexuality, adolescence, class, and Americana, which were central to his artistic praxis. Throughout his career, Kelley also worked on curatorial projects, collaborated with many artists and musicians, and produced a formidable body of critical and creative writing. Courtesy Mike Kelley Foundation for Mike Kelley, Unisex Love Nest, Photo: Cameron Wittig.
Selected Artworks. Lenticular 3 City 13 - Lenticular 14 In Memory of Camelot Balanced by Mass and Personification Load more. Black Velvet Study 3 Carpet 2 Wood Grain 5 Untitled 2 Lobed Biography Print. Solo Exhibitions. Group Exhibitions. Exhibitions Gallery Exhibitions. Museum Exhibitions. Viewing Rooms. Films See more on Youtube.
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Mike Kelley in his backyard, Los Angeles, Book Labs.
