Mike Kelley Artist Interview. Mike kelley on how he shaped his own legacy in this excerpt from phaidon's 1999 monograph 'mike kelley,' the artist speaks with isabelle graw on the advantages of becoming your own critic—even if it means inventing a fictional artist biography. To show some of the latest works of american artist mike kelley.
The american artist mike kelley has been found dead at his home in los angeles aged 57. Writing in the new york times, in 2012, holland cotter described the artist as one of the most influential american artists of the past quarter. Interview with mike kelley, 2006 july 27 mike kelley is an installation, performance, and video artist who lives and works in los angeles.
I’m making all these videos based on very common american performance types.
The group quickly became notorious for stage antics verging on performance art. In 1978 from california institute of the arts, valencia. Mike kelley is a los angeles artist. Upon viewing mike kelley’s work on display at the geffen contemporary at moca, i experienced feelings of awe due to the breadth of what ann goldstein describes as a “staggering, dazzling, fearless body of artworks in every form and medium, including paintings, sculptures, works on paper, installations, performance, videos, photographs, collaborative pieces, critical texts, and music.”