Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley’s work offers an incisive, humorous perspective on artistic and social conventions. Interested in the psychological theory of repressed memory syndrome, Kelley identifies and depicts cultural taboos and analyzes his personal history in drawing, painting, assemblage, installation, and performance pieces. His Missing Time series is an autobiographical investigation that combines painted images with black or empty areas that represent suppressed traumas.
Disparities and Deformations
Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque brought together a diverse group of contemporary artworks that respond and give new substance to the sense of emotional and logical uncertainty inherent in the grotesque, described by the 19th-century writer Jean Paul as a state of “soul dizziness.” The exhibition tracked the incongruous combination of disparate forms and ideas in the work of internationally renowned artists of different generations, coming from various cultural contexts, and working with different processes and ideas.
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