About
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.
Filmography
Mobile Homestead2011 · Director
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)2011 · Director
The Judson Church Horse Dance2011 · Director, Writer, Music, Choreographer
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery2010 · Director
The Quinn-tuplets2010 · Executive Producer
Day Is Done2006 · Writer, Music, Director
Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)2004 · Director
Heidi’s Four Basket Dances2001 · Director
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)2000 · Director, Producer
A Dance Incorporating Movements Derived from Experiments by Harry F. Harlow and Choreographed in the Manner of Martha Graham1999 · Director
Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia Plath1999 · Director
Out O' Actions1998 · Director
Fresh Acconci1995 · Director
Grow Live Monsters1995 · Music
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone1992 · Director
Blind Country1989 · Script, Original Concept
Kappa1986 · Writer, Animation
The Banana Man1983 · Director