Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley

Profile info

Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday27 October 1954
Died31 January 2012 (age 57)
Place of birthWayne, Michigan, USA
Known credits25

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…

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