Mike Kelly
Mike Kelley • 1996 • Cantz
- Author
- Mike Kelley
- First published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cantz
- Subjects
- Kelley, Mike, 1954- -- Interviews
- ISBN
- 9781932598445
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Published in 1996 by Hatje Cantz, this comprehensive monograph serves as a definitive survey of the career of Mike Kelley, an artist renowned for his provocative examinations of American culture, memory, and trauma. The book was produced to accompany major retrospective exhibitions of his work, capturing the artist's transition from his roots in the Detroit underground music scene to his status as a central figure in the contemporary art world of the 1990s.
The volume features critical essays and visual documentation that reflect Kelley's multidisciplinary practice, including his iconic installations involving stuffed animals, found objects, and subcultural ephemera. By documenting his aesthetic focus on the grotesque and the repressed, the publication provides a scholarly framework for understanding how Kelley challenged institutional boundaries and redefined the role of autobiography in conceptual art.
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