Mike Kelley
dal 19/2/2004 al 3/5/2004
Segnalato da
19/2/2004
Mike Kelley
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
The Uncanny. This is the first solo show of his work in the UK since his exhibition at the ICA, London, in 1992. His exhibition in Liverpool will centre around The Harems, a major component of an ongoing project by Kelley entitled The Uncanny, which was first shown in 1993 at the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem in the Netherlands.
The Uncanny
Los Angeles-based sculptor, performance and installation artist Mike Kelley is among the most significant artists working today.
Born in the United States in 1954, he studied at the University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor (1972 - 76) and at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (1976-78), before settling in Los Angeles.
From his performances and drawings of the early 1980s to his assemblage sculptures using craft materials, to room-sized 'architectural models' reconstructed from memories, Kelley combines the aesthetics of handicraft, illustration and psychedelia with modern sculpture, painting and architecture. Often childhood and adolescence are referenced, with all the sexual ambiguity, experimentation and low humour associated with those age groups. Kelley's art has been internationally recognised in the 1980s and 1990s for its ability to dissect the moral and cultural conventions and practices of contemporary society with deadpan humour. In 1993 a retrospective exhibi tion of his work was organised by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
This is the first solo show of his work in the UK since his exhibition at the ICA, London, in 1992.
His exhibition in Liverpool will centre around The Harems, a major component of an ongoing project by Kelley entitled The Uncanny, which was first shown in 1993 at the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem in the Netherlands.
Admission £4, concessions £3
Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock L3 4BB
Liverpool