Mike Kelley
1954–2012
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Michael "Mike" Kelley (27 October 1954 in Wayne, Michigan – c. 31 January 2012 in South Pasadena) was an American artist. His work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance and video. He often worked collaboratively and had produced projects with artists Paul McCarthy, Tony Oursler and John Miller. Writing in The New York Times, in 2012, Holland Cotter described the artist as "one of the most influential American artists of the past quarter century and a pungent commentator on American class, popular culture and youthful rebellion."
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Formlessness
Formlessness is a concept, first introduced by French writer-philosopher Georges Bataille, who argued that art should be brought ‘down in ...
Tate Etc
The supernatural powers of plywood: Tate Modern Display
Mike Kelley’s Channel One, Channel Two and Channel Three 1994, now on display at Tate Modern, is a potent ...
Tate Etc
Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane: Etc. Essay: The grotesque
The notion of the grotesque in art has been around for centuries, but it is currently being re-imagined, often with ...
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It's all about the process
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Tate Papers
David Musgrave: Faulty Images
This paper takes as its starting point two drawings by David Musgrave in Tate’s collection, Plane with inverted figure ...
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Mike Nelson in conversation
To coincide with Mike Nelson representing Britain at the 54th Venice Biennale of Art, Tate curator Clarrie Wallis talks to ...
Tate Etc
Staring into the contemporary abyss: The contemporary sublime
In the early eighteenth century Joseph Addison described the notion of the sublime as something that ‘fills the mind with ...
Tate Etc
If at first you don't succeed, celebrate: Failure
Lisa Le Feuvre on Failure, Tate Etc issue 19, Spring 2010
Tate Etc
Where the wild things are: Animals
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But is it installation art?
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