The mike kelley foundation for the arts was established by the artist in 2008 prior to his death and seeks to further kelley s philanthropic work through grants for innovative projects that reflect his multifaceted artistic practice. Museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien, 15 july 31 october 2004. The uncanny is apprehended as a physical sensation, like the one i have always associated with an art experience especially when we interact with an object. His work, often wickedly humorous and drawing on both high art and the vernacular with. Jan 03, 20 in 1993 and 2004 mike kelley presented an exhibition titled the uncanny, consisting of sculptures, objects and images that he found creepy, with an uncanny aura about them. The uncanny 2004 mike kelley book description taking freuds idea of the uncanny as a starting point, artist mike kelley plays sunday curator and presents work by jasper johns, paul mccarthy, jeff koons, tony oursler, and others reprinted from a 1993 catalogue, plus photos of chewing gum wrappers, postcards. Mike kelley art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. The uncanny inglese copertina flessibile 1 agosto 2004. The uncanny paperback january 1, 1993 by mike kelley author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Mike kelley the uncanny tony matelli sleepwalker, 1997 michael mike kelley 27 october 1954 31 january 2012 was an american artist. He was the curator of the exhibition the uncanny 19932004, and his. Book page image the uncanny by mike kelley, artist. Taking freuds idea of the uncanny as a starting point, artist mike kelley plays sunday curator and presents work by jasper johns, paul mccarthy, jeff koons, tony oursler, and others reprinted from a 1993 catalogue, plus photos of chewing gum wrappers, postcards, record covers, and toys, all connected to ideas of youth and the uncanny.
The uncanny by kelley mike, christoph grunenberg editor, mike kelley online at alibris. Kelley, 1989 kelley uses the idea of the double to create the uncanny. By putting familiar figurative element in strange and disconcerting places. 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. In the works the uncanny kelley explores the ideas of memory, recollection, horror and anxiety by putting together project and life like features. Mike kelleys contribution to sonsbeek 93, the uncanny an exhibition within an. The exhibition was purposely designed to be curated in an oldfashioned way to contrast against the unorthodox curation and placement at the time. The book begins and ends with two conversations with critics.
Views of the whitneys collection at 75, whitney museum of american art, 2006. May 10, 2017 the uncanny by mike kelley was described by the artist as a response to art world discourse at the time tate liverpool 20 th february 3 rd may. Mike kelley, one of the most controversial, prolific and influential figures in contemporary art, was born in 1954 in detroit, michigan, and earned a bachelors degree from the university of michigan and a masters from california institute of the arts. Interview with mike kelley on accumulating the uncanny in his. This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition the uncanny by mike. Mike kelley has 59 books on goodreads with 1262 ratings. His multimedia work, ranging from performance and installation to painting and photography, features souvenirs of popular culture, such as stuffed animals or crocheted couch throws, evoking an atmosphere of the uncanny. Artists book published on the occasion of the 1985 group exhibition art in the anchorage.
Installation view, mike kelley, the uncanny, gemeentemuseum, arnhem, the netherlands, as part of sonsbeek 93, 1993. Salesforce tower ohana floor, san francisco mark cavagnero associates. I found mike kelleys book on the uncanny a great read, the chosen images. Mike kelleys contribution to sonsbeek 93, the uncanny an exhibition within an exhibition has since attained almost mythical status.
The book is in very good condition, with only minor damage to the exterior of the book, on the spine. Materialist aesthetics and memory illusions presents the artist in a new. Museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien, vienna, 15 july 31 october, 2004. The uncanny published on the occasion of the exhibition held at tate liverpool, 20 february 3 may, 2004. May 10, 2017 published on may 10, 2017 by bethanharwood the uncanny by mike kelley was described by the artist as a response to art world discourse at the time tate liverpool 20 th february 3 rd.
The majority were lifesized polychrome models of the human body in whole or part. May 02, 2004 mike kelley, one of the most controversial, prolific and influential figures in contemporary art, was born in 1954 in detroit, michigan, and earned a bachelors degree from the university of michigan and a masters from california institute of the arts. The uncanny grunenberg, christoph, kelley, mike on amazon. Enormously influential catalogue published in conjunction with the uncanny, an exhibition organized by sonsbeek 93 in the gemeentemuseum, arnhem, the netherlands. Apr 11, 2015 the new book in afteralls one work series, john miller writes about mike kelley work educational complex 1995. Drawing distinctively on high art and vernacular traditions, including historical research, popular culture, and psychology, kelley came to prominence. Mike kelley bibliography mike kelley foundation for the arts. Something ive wanted to do but nobody would let me. Published at the eponymous exhibition during sonsbeek 1993 arnhem. Mike kelley, educational complex, 1995 installation view, full house. Full text of the uncanny mike kelley internet archive. Internet archive bookreader the uncanny mike kelley.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mike kelley the uncanny tate exhibition the uncanny is based on a. Interview with mike kelley on accumulating the uncanny in his new tate liverpool show the californian postconceptualist plays the role of artist, curator and collector in his latest piece. Taking freuds idea of the uncanny as a starting point, artist mike kelley. Curated by kelley, who also edited and provided text for the. Mike kelley uncanny sonsbeek 93 arnhem see for more. Mike kelley american, 19542012 was regarded as one of the most influential members of the contemporary conceptual art movement. Mike kelley the uncanny buchhandlung walther konig, 2004 263 pages 11 1. The uncanny by mike kelley bethan ruby illustration. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. This provocative, copiously illustrated essay by renowned artist mike kelley is a meditation on sigmund freuds uncanny, and its relation to the grotesque in art. Excellent condition copy of a now classic and rare and just exceptional book.
Drawing distinctively on high art and vernacular traditions, including historical research, popular culture, and psychology, kelley came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of sculptures composed of craft materials. The book contains an essay in english of mike kelley and a collection of photos in blackandwhite of, mainly, fellow artists. Taking freuds idea of the uncanny as a starting point, artist mike kell. The uncanny by mike kelley, artist sigmund freud defined uncanny. Sigmund freud described the uncanny as a hidden, familiar thing that has undergone repression and then emerged from it. Mike kelley is widely considered one of the most influential artists of our time.
Formats and editions of the uncanny by mike kelley, artist. Many know it only through the book, which sold out long ago, so its return in updated form 11 years on, in liverpool rather than arnheim, is itself a little uncanny. Mike kelley achieved his critical success by eschewing the terms of greatness, revealing instead in the abject, the discarded and the homespun to rescale the hierarchies of modern art. Drawing distinctively on high art and vernacular traditions, including historical research, popular culture, and psychology, kelley came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of sculptures composed. Reflecting upon mike kelley s exhibition the uncanny 19932004, valerie smith locates in the gaps within the artists collections a site of artistic rather than curatorial agency. Kelley has not held a solo show in britain since his ica exhibition in 1992, and this. Book published on the occasion of the exhibition the uncanny by mike kelly at tate liverpool 2004. Fine text by californiabased artist mike kelley concerning late 20th century aesthetic, psychological and narratological dimensions of contemporary art impulse. Taking freuds idea of the uncanny as a starting point, artist mike kelley plays sunday curator and presents work by jasper johns, paul mccarthy, jeff koons, tony oursler, and others reprinted from a 1993 catalogue, plus photos of chewing gum wrappers, postcards, record covers, and toys. Kelley was a miner of his own psyche enacting freuds theories of repression in the detritus of the american middle class. Welchman talks to kelley about the nature of talking, and jeffrey sconce about kelleys innovative exhibitions. Art, politics, dali, new york art scene, koons, reading from print work and more. The books essay, playing with dead things, accompanied by a long and.
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