Mike Kelley
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-10-27
Day of Death
2012-01-31 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Wayne, Michigan, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2006)
Day Is Done
as Narrator
(1995)
Grow Live Monsters
as Manson victim - sax player
(1992)
(1992)
(1990)
(1989)
Sir Drone
as Jinx
(1989)
(1987)
(1986)
Cinderella
as Accordian Player
(1986)
Kappa
as The Kappa
(1983)
(1980)
(1979)
Crew
(2011)
Mobile Homestead
Director
(2011)
(2010)
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Director
(2006)
Day Is Done
Writer, Music, Director
(2004)
Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)
Director
(2001)
Heidi’s Four Basket Dances
Director
(2000)
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
Out O' Actions
Director
(1995)
Fresh Acconci
Director
(1995)
Grow Live Monsters
Music
(1992)
(1989)
Blind Country
Script, Original Concept
(1986)
Kappa
Animation, Writer
(1983)
The Banana Man
Director