Mike Kelley: Memory Ware: A Survey Contributor(s): Kelley, Mike, Rugoff, Ralph (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Kelley, Mike (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 3952446149 ISBN-13: 9783952446140 Publisher: Hauser & Wirth Publishers OUR PRICE: $58.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Mixed Media - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs - Art | Conceptual |
Dewey: 709.2 |
LCCN: 2016055119 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.8" W x 12.7" (3.74 lbs) 250 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Over the course of his four-decade career, Mike Kelley (1954-2012) critically questioned aesthetic conventions and examined all forms of culture. The approximately 100 Memory Ware and associated works were made during the first decade of the 21st century; all are reproduced in this catalog. Named for a genre of North American folk art in which everyday utilitarian objects such as vases are coated with a claylike substance and then embedded with small objects including shells, beads and buttons, Kelley's Memory Ware series consists both of wall-hung works (known as Memory Ware Flats) and freestanding pieces. The artist's appropriation of this folk tradition eliminates recognizable underlying objects and expands the original method to include a wider variety of keepsakes. The Memory Ware sculptures, by contrast, juxtapose dense clusters of found objects with minimally or undecorated areas and reintroduce an overall structure. |