
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. - - - -…
Known For
Cinderella
Accordian Player
Sir Drone
Jinx
Made in Hollywood
Blind Country
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)
Director
The Judson Church Horse Dance
Choreographer
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Director
Day Is Done
Morose Ghoul (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (13)
Movies (13)
Day Is Done
2006as Morose Ghoul (voice)
Grow Live Monsters
1995as Manson victim - sax player
After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence
1992as Self
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
1992
Made in Hollywood
1990
Sir Drone
1989as Jinx
Blind Country
1989
Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
1987as Son
Kappa
1986as The Kappa
Cinderella
1986as Accordian Player
The Banana Man
1983
Garage Sale II
1980
The Broken Rule
1979Crew (26)
Movies (26)
Mobile Homestead
2011Director
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)
2011Director
The Judson Church Horse Dance
2011Choreographer
The Judson Church Horse Dance
2011Director
The Judson Church Horse Dance
2011Music
The Judson Church Horse Dance
2011Writer
The Quinn-tuplets
2010Executive Producer
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
2010Director
Day Is Done
2006Director
Day Is Done
2006Music
Day Is Done
2006Writer
Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)
2004Director
Heidi’s Four Basket Dances
2001Director
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
2000Director
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
2000Producer
A Dance Incorporating Movements Derived from Experiments by Harry F. Harlow and Choreographed in the Manner of Martha Graham
1999Director
Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia Plath
1999Director
Out O' Actions
1998Director
Fresh Acconci
1995Director
Grow Live Monsters
1995Music
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
1992Director
Blind Country
1989Original Concept
Blind Country
1989Script
Kappa
1986Animation
Kappa
1986Writer
The Banana Man
1983Director
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