Person

Mike Kelley

Directing · 1954–2012 · Wayne, Michigan, USA

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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  Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)

  Director

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  Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)

  Son

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  Made in Hollywood

  1990

• The Quinn-tuplets

  Executive Producer

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  Fresh Acconci

  Director

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

  1992

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  Blind Country

  1989

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  Kappa

  The Kappa

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  The Judson Church Horse Dance

  Director

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  Cinderella

  Accordian Player

• 2011Mobile HomesteadDirector
• 2011Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)Director
• 2011The Judson Church Horse DanceDirector
• 2010A Voyage of Growth and DiscoveryDirector
• 2010The Quinn-tupletsExecutive Producer
• 2006Day Is DoneMorose Ghoul (voice)
• 2004Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)Director
• 2001Heidi’s Four Basket DancesDirector
• 2000Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)Director
• 1999A Dance Incorporating Movements Derived from Experiments by Harry F. Harlow and Choreographed in the Manner of Martha GrahamDirector
• 1999Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia PlathDirector
• 1998Out O' ActionsDirector
• 1995Fresh AcconciDirector
• 1995Grow Live MonstersManson victim - sax player
• 1992Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
• 1992After Modernism: The Dilemma of InfluenceSelf
• 1990Made in Hollywood
• 1989Sir DroneJinx
• 1989Blind Country
• 1987Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)Son
• 1986KappaThe Kappa
• 1986CinderellaAccordian Player
• 1983The Banana Man
• 1980Garage Sale II
• 1979The Broken Rule