Director

Mike Kelley

October 27, 1954 · Wayne, Michigan, USA

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) was an American artist. His work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance and video.

Often works with

Mary Woronov
2 titles together
Made in Hollywood, Kappa
Paul McCarthy
2 titles together
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone, Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
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Melissa Sills
2 titles together
The Judson Church Horse Dance, Day Is Done

Full filmography · 20

Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)
Director
2011
The Judson Church Horse Dance
Director and Writer
2011
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Director
2010
Day Is Done
as Morose Ghoul (voice) and Writer and Director
2006
Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)
Director
2004
Heidi’s Four Basket Dances
Director
2001
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
Director
2000
Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia Plath
Director
1999
Fresh Acconci
Director
1995
Grow Live Monsters
as Manson victim - sax player
1995
Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
cast and Director
1992
Made in Hollywood
cast
1990