
Mike Kelley
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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…
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Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
2000 · Movie

Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
1987 · Movie

Fresh Acconci
1995 · Movie

Made in Hollywood
1990 · Movie

Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
1992 · Movie

Kappa
1986 · Movie
The Quinn-tuplets
2010 · Movie

Blind Country
1989 · Movie

Day Is Done
2006 · Movie

The Judson Church Horse Dance
2011 · Movie

Garage Sale II
1980 · Movie

Heidi’s Four Basket Dances
2001 · Movie