Monograph of work by Mike Kelley. Essays by Isabelle Graw, John C. Welchman, Anthony Vidler, Georges Bataille and Charles Fort. Includes chronology of selected exhibitions, projects, articles, interviews and a bibliography. [details]
"This publication reunites Mike Kelley's major interviews with artists and cultural figures such as AA Bronson, Larry Clark, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Jutta Koether, Harmony Korine, Tony Oursler, Richard Prince, Jim Shaw, Michael Smith, Jeffrey Sconce, and John Waters, outlining, in the same manner as his critical essays, an artistic genealogy that draws its references from American popular culture, scientific and historical research, and the inhibitions of Western society. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 1 – July 19, 2009. Edited by Martin Hentschel. Text by John C. Welchman. "Commissioned to produce an installation for Mies van der Rohe's Museum Haus Lange, John Baldessari decided to 'rub the building up the wrong way' with humorous interventions. ... [details]
Second volume of Mike Kelley's collected writings. "Minor Histories organizes Kelley's writings into five sections. 'Statements' consists of twenty pieces produced between 1984 and 2002 (most of which were written to accompany exhibitions), including "Ajax," which draws on Homer, Colgate- Palmolive, and Longinus to present its eponymous hero; 'Some Aesthetic High Points,' an exercise in autobiography that counters the standard artist bio included in catalogs and press releases; and a sequence of "creative writings" that use mass cultural tropes in concert with high art mannerisms—approximating in prose the visual styles that characterize Kelley's artwork. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Tate Modern, London, October 13, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Traveled to Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, February 5 - April 25, 2010; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 20 - September 12, 2010; and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 17, 2010 - January 9, 2011. ... [details]
Artists' book / exhibition catalogue for show held at Tate Liverpool, February 20 - May 3, 2004 and traveled to Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Köln, July 15 - October 31, 2004. "Taking Freud's idea of the Uncanny as a starting point, artist Mike Kelley plays Sunday curator and presents work by Hans Bellmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Edward Kienholz, Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Paul McCarthy, Matt Mullican, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Cindy Sherman, Paul Thek, 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. ... [details]
An exhibition catalogue designed by Kosuth for exhibition curated by Lauf. Includes texts by Raquel DaRosa, Clegg & Guttmann, Brraco Dimitrievic, Paul Magriel, John C. Welchman and interview between Lauf and Paul Magriel. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Books," Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe on Fashion and Surrealism; "Object," Alessandro Mendini on Design; "Remote Control," Barbara Kruger on Television; "Curies' Children," Vilém Flusser on Discovery; "Believe it or Not," J. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Object," Alessandro Mendini on Design; "Like Art," Glenn O'Brien on Advertising; "Ground Up," Herbert Muschamp on Architecture; "Here, There & Otherwise," John Welchman on Elsewhere; "Curies' Children," Vilem Flusser on Discovery; "Between the Lines," Dan Cameron on Criticism; "Books," Melissa Harris on Dance and Photography; "Working Watteau," by Mike Glier; "Body Building," by Mario Pisani; "Vanishing Act: Philippe Thomas," by Claudia Hart; "Borrowed Shoes," Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill; "Diffusions: A Project for Artforum," by Susan Rothenberg; "The History of X," by Mary Josephson; "Under the Singing Eucalyptus Tree. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Ground Up," Herbert Muschamp on Architecture; "Special Effects," Carol Squiers on the News and It's Pictures; "Marginalia," Thomas McEvilley on Son of Sublime; "Believe it or Not," J. ... [details]
