Mike kelley reconstructed history cologne, germany. Oct 24, 2014 last week i went to a show at skarstedt gallery to see a show of work by the late mike kelley. The mike kelley retrospective remains open until 1st april at the stedelijk museum in amsterdam. Mar 06, 2015 in the text accompanying pay for your pleasure 1988, kelley plays with and against the notion that artists are quasicriminal or quasispiritual, or both. Find out about the origins of mankind more than 22 million years ago, and understand the world we live in with uptodate. In the text accompanying pay for your pleasure 1988, kelley plays with and against the notion that artists are quasicriminal or quasispiritual, or both. January 31, 2012 in south pasadena was an american artist. Kelleys work challenged the legitimacy of normative values and authority. In reconstructed history, kelley imitated how tomorrows leaders of societythe next generationmake their mark on the past through the act of defacing textbooks with doodles and notationssignifying their own reconstruction while moving towards the future. This exhibition history was compiled by eva meyerhermann for mike kelley new york.
Delmonico books prestel 20 and has been revised and updated by the mike kelley foundation for the arts. The exhibition will feature the original 50 illustrations from kelleysreconstructed history series. Welchman calls the blazing network of focused conflations from which mike kelley s styles are generated is on display in all its diversity in this second volume of the artists. Originally presented as a limitededition artist book, mike kelleys 1989 series, reconstructed history, consists of 50 works on paper depicting defaced images of historical figures taken from. Explain the concept behind your project, day is done.
Dancing the quadrille from the reconstructed history series, 1989. Mike kelley is widely considered one of the most influential artists of our time. We hear it mentioned on every local car dealership tv commercial, and many of us rely on it when buying a car. John waters tribute speech for mike kelley hammer museum. Representative since 2011 and is currently serving as representative for pennsylvanias 16th congressional district. Mike kelley explored through his ink and collage works artlyst. Hanging there is one of the hilarious 1989 reconstructed history vandalismsa real history text book that mike defaced with glee, the same thing all of us who were bored in high school wanted to do in reaction to teachers who didnt challenge us or discouraged our rabid interests.
This series of works prompts us to reconsider the way history books communicate. Mike kelley, irreverent explorer of childhood sexuality and cultural repression, talks about life, love and the release of the id. Reconstructed history is a series of 50 ink drawings created by mike kelley in 1989. Mike kelley, the gateway to freedom, from reconstructed history series, 1989, ink on printed paper, mounted on paper. Around 20 new pieces have been added to the exhibition since its stay at moma ps1 in new york. For his book reconstructed history 1989, kelley invented a story about finding drawings by high school students in used history textbooks, though he made the drawings himself. The work of the late mike kelley is presented in a new exhibition at skarstedt in new york.
The exhibition will feature the original 50 illustrations from kelleys reconstructed history series. Mike kelley exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Sep 06, 2018 this fall, supreme has worked on a collection featuring images from kelleys iconic artworks, more love hours than can ever be repaid and the wages of sin, ahhyouth. The art of mike kelley all over the place prospero the economist.
Everything you need to know about mike kelley before. Oct 11, 2018 tell me about reconstructed history some people think that mike took some old history book illustrations and scribbled on them. Kelleys reconstructed histories installation features defaced pages torn from american history books. I hope that, through the concepts of memory and history, we can approach. Reconstruction this work is sometimes considered as kelleys most ambitious project. Works on paper, ink on paper mounted on paper, in fifty parts. Mike kelley, michael kelley, american performance and installation artist born oct. In these unique illustrations he explored the found textbook as a medium, imitating how tomorrows leaders. Art matters a brief history of mike kelleys day is done.
The artist mike kelleys book kandors is a photographic chronicle of his decadelong work reproducing a kryptonian city of superman lore. Mike kelleys reconstructed history is a collection of idealized images of a shared american heritage culled from scholastic textbooks. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the united states and europe. Using fragments of aged schoolbooks, kelley graffitied preexisting images with profanity and lewd scribbles. Our boredom turned to anger and then to rage and if we were lucky, then to art. John waters opens up about the death of artist mike kelley. Mar 06, 20 dancing the quadrille from the reconstructed history series, 1989. History of kelley blue book the vehicle pricing authority. He graduated from the university of michigan in 1976. The show was called books on books and presented 26 artists books that are, in some way or another, about books or their representation.
Mike kelley explored through his ink and collage works. Originally from a suburb outside of detroit, kelley attended the university of michigan, ann arbor, before moving to southern california in 1976 to study at california institute of the arts from which he received an mfa in 1978. Mike kelley bibliography mike kelley foundation for the arts. Multimedia artist who often worked with found objects, video, drawings, and collage. Supreme x mike kelley collection 2018 release hypebae. Reconstructed history, an exhibition featuring kelleys ink and collage works on paper created in 1989, offering new insights into a lesserexplored area of the artists diverse oeuvre. The same year, in december 2009, christophe davietthery asked to jerome saintloubert bie to take care of the catalog even if this book works independently from the exhibition. Lieberman, an accomplished artist in his own right, is also a leading kelley expert.
Kelleys work ranges from highly symbolic and ritualistic performance pieces to arrangements of stuffedanimal sculptures, to wallsize. Michael mike kelley october 27, 1954 in wayne, michigan c. That present tense may be partly due to the fact that since his death, ive seen art by him that i hadnt. Mike kelley s reconstructed history is a collection of idealized images of a shared american heritage culled from scholastic textbooks. Michael kelly, an excop private investigator, in chicago, illinois. View reconstructed history by mike kelley on artnet. Delmonico booksprestel 20 and has been revised and updated by the mike kelley foundation for the arts. Photo courtesy mike kelley foundation for the arts.
He collaborated with such artists as paul mccarthy, tony oursler, and john miller before fame. Originally presented as a limitededition artist book, mike kelleys 1989 series, reconstructed history, consists of 50 works on paper depicting defaced images of historical figures taken. In keeping with his conceptual practice and predilection towards using nonart objects as material, kelley explored the found textbook as medium. Mike kelley, dancing the quadrille from the reconstructed history series, gelatin silver print, 8 in x 10 in, 1989. Oct 14, 2007 even my library is defaced by mike kelley. This series of works prompts us to reconsider the way history books. Mike kelley american performance and installation artist. Reconstructed history, features kelleys ink and collage works on paper created in 1989, offering new insights into a lesserexplored area of the artists diverse oeuvre.
New york, ny august 14, 2014skarstedt presents mike kelley. Mike kelley reconstructed history in a late 80s high school yearbook jacket, kelley has assembled a collection of grotesquely defaced iconic americana. He often worked collaboratively and had produced projects with artists paul mccarthy. When mike kelley committed suicide in his california home in february 2012, he left the art world in shock. The exhibition will feature the original 50 illustrations from kelleys reconstructed history series in reconstructed history, kelley imitated how. Kelley, mike mike kelley artist page with links to monographs, museum.
The scribbles were already there, and mike made these beautiful engravinglooking things over them. Kelleys work ranges from highly symbolic and ritualistic performance pieces to. Mike kelly, from reconstructed history composed of graffitied images from u. Taking key imagery from some of kelleys most notable work, more love hours than can ever be repaid and the wages of sin, ahhyouth. Found and presumably randomly defaced by gradeschool students, then bound in the form of a highschool yearbook. Mike kelley, reconstructed history, 1989, ink and collage on paper, framed. Artist mike kelley discusses his project day is done, a performancevideo which consists of 365 tapes, one for every day of the year. An evening of discussion with mike davis, mike kelley, jeff wall, catherine david, jeanfrancois chevrier.
Exhibition history mike kelley foundation for the arts. He received a bfa from the university of michigan, and an mfa from the california institute of the arts. Mike kelley ahhyouth skate decks sold new art editions. When squeezed, this plush toy speaks 20 different phrases in random order, including hurt me, i dont mind. This bibliography was compiled by eva meyerhermann for mike kelley new york. Waters in his book calls it isolated refuse from the original sad sack cartoons that features fumes of filth that i hope will inspire my screenplay or book ideas. Mike kelley was born in detroit, michigan, in 1954. These typical images from tedious american history books have been enhanced with comic texts and sexual organs egregiously left out of the history lesson. Found and presumably randomly defaced by gradeschool students, then bound in the form of a high. Aug 15, 2014 the work of the late mike kelley is presented in a new exhibition at skarstedt in new york. Everything you need to know about mike kelley before seeing. The collection consists of a work jacket, rayon shirt, work shirt, two hooded sweatshirts, crewneck sweatshirt, three tshirts and a set. Almost every american is familiar with the name kelley blue book.
Welchman describes in the introduction to kelleys original essay for reconstructed history in the collection minor histories, the embossed cover of the reconstructed history, with crest and scholastic lamp of knowledge, mimics the look of a high school yearbook or coffee table historical tome. This fall, supreme has worked on a collection featuring images from kelleys iconic artworks, more love hours than can ever be repaid and the wages of sin, ahhyouth. Hanging there is one of the hilarious 1989 reconstructed history vandalismsa real history text book that mike defaced with glee, the same thing all of us who were bored in high school wanted to do in reaction to teachers who didnt challenge us or discouraged our. For his book reconstructed history 1989, kelley invented a story about finding. Originally presented as a limitededition artist book, mike kelley s 1989 series, reconstructed history, consists of 50 works on paper depicting defaced images of historical figures taken. Welchman calls the blazing network of focused conflations from which mike kelleys styles are generated is on display in all. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. His work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance and video.
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