Mike Kelley (American, 1954 - 2012)

Mike Kelley

American | 1954 - 2012

Mike Kelley was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1954. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like K21, Kunstsammlung NRW in Düsseldorf. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Broad have featured Mike Kelley's work in the past.Mike Kelley's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 107 USD to 3,301,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,301,000 USD for Memory Ware Flat 1, sold at Christie's New York in 2016. Mike Kelley has been featured in articles for ARTnews, WHITEWALL and The Art Newspaper. The most recent article is A Review As an Essay As a Pamphlet As a Dream State: Mike Kelley “Ghost and Spirit” at Bourse De Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris written for MOUSSE Magazine in March 2024. The artist died in 2012.

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Mike Kelley. Ghost and Spirit

K21, Kunstsammlung NRW
Düsseldorf | Germany
Mar 23,2024 - Sep 08,2024

Past Exhibitions

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Somerset House
London | UK
Jan 25,2024 - Apr 14,2024

Articles

A Review As an Essay As a Pamphlet As a Dream State: Mike Kelley “Ghost and Spirit” at Bourse De Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris
Building Frieze LA’s ‘Focus’ Section Is a Challenge for Curators and Galleries
Best Exhibitions in Los Angeles at the Broad, The Hammer, and More

Coverage

..While he is best known for his juxtapositions of words and images, Ruscha’s career remains incredibly diverse...

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Patrick Painter, Inc.

..Fusing his personal history of abuse with references to popular culture, Kelley encourages viewers to project their own set of experiences and memories upon the work, piecing together a collective shared...

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Luhring Augustine, Bushwick

.."Educational Complex", dated 1995, is a miniature reconstruction of all schools and educational institutions that Kelley attended and in which he alludes to the repressed traumas of his life...

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Museion, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

..Local bands such as the MC5 and the Stooges, as well as Sixties counterculture, spurred Kelley’s youthful interest in visual art...

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Sammlung Goetz (Goetz Collection)

..These consist of recreations of photographic scenes that Kelley found in high-school yearbooks, which he used to construct invented narratives...

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Sammlung Goetz (Goetz Collection)

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