Directing
Mike Kelley
- Born
- Oct 27, 1954 · Aged 57
- Died
- Jan 31, 2012
- Place of birth
- Wayne, Michigan, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 13
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 14
Also known as (1)
- Michael 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…
