"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]
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]
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]
Compendium of essays and criticism by Mike Kelley, compiled and with an introduction by John C. Welchman. The first book in what was intended to be a three volume series. Includes an index. [details]
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]
Issue no. 57 of the periodical "art / text," edited by Paul Foss. Contents include: "Passionate Descriptings," by Barbara Stafford; "Tune In, Take Off," by John C. Welchman; "Ronnie Van Hout / Overimpressed," by Robert Leonard; "Helga Groves / Before the Rain," by Juliana Engberg; "Sharon Ellis / Cosmopolitan Nights," by Sue Spaid; "Doug Ischar / Smoking Guns," by Catherine Lord; "Jennifer Bornstein," by Russell Ferguson; "Gary Simmons / Disappearing Acts," by Nancy Princenthal; "Ellsworth Kelly / How to be Tangential," by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe; "Jim Isermann / Best of Both Worlds," by David Pagel; "Roy Villevoye / Relative to the Moment," by Frank-Alexander Hettig; "Carolee Schneemann," by Barry Schwabsky; and "Index. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "All Around Esthetes: Jeffrey Slonim on the Most Moving Pictures," by Jeffrey Slonim; "American Myths: J. Hoberman on the Summer of '69," by J. Hoberman; "Theater: Maria Nadotti on 'Venezia Salva,'" by Maria Nadotti; "Fashion: Hilton Als on Grease," by Hilton Als; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Letter from Munich," by Ingrid Rein; "People's Parties: Bully Sullivan and Marcelo Krasilcic," by Jack Pierson; "Philip Taafe: 'Al Quasbah,'" by Edmund White; "Critical Reflections," by Peter Schjeldahl with an introduction by Robert Storr; "Some Aspects of Color in General and Red and Black in Particular," by Donald Judd with Remembrances by Richard Serra, Larry Bell, Paula Cooper, Arne Glimcher, John Wesley, Hannah Green, Roni Horn, David Rabinowitch, and Douglas Baxter; "Rising Sign: Return of 'Spiral Jetty,'" by Jean-Pierre Criqui; "Yo Morris," by Thomas Crow; "Home Made Strange," Jean-Pierre Criqui talks with Marc Augé. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Museum Piece: Luke Gibbons on the Irish Museun of Modern Art," by Luke Gibbons; "Media Kids: Tom Kalin on Pussy Power," by Tom Kalin; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Troubleshooters: Fatimah Tobing Rony on Biodegradable Culture," by Fatimah Tobing Rony; "Democracy, Inc. ... [details]
April 1989 issue of Artforum, edited by Ida Panicelli. Contents include: "Remote Control: Barbara Kruger on Television" by Barbara Kruger; "The Cave: Michele Wallace on Invisibility Blues" by Michele Wallace; "Environment: Vilem Flusser on Future Architecture" by Vilem Flusser; "Expertease: Silvia Kolbowski on Knowledge and Power" by Silvia Kolbowski; "Like Art: Glenn O'Brien on Advertising," by Glenn O'brien; "Books: Alice Yaeger Kaplan on 'Nuclear Fear,'" by Alice Yaeger Kaplan; "Signs of Light: Walker Evans' American Photographs," by Max Kozloff; "Subjectivity in Time: Kasimir Malevich," by Rainer Crone and David Moos; "Protection: A Project for Artforum," by Christian Boltanski and Annette Messager; "The Erography of Cy Twombly," by Demosthenes Davvetas; "We ? New Jersey," by Komar & Melamid; "The Passageway: A Project for Artforum," by Wolgang Laib; "Words around Warhol," by Jack Bankowsky; "Space around Warhol," by Herbert Muschamp; "The Phoenix of the Self," by John Yau; "Turning Japenese (In)," by John Welchman; "Ambitious: A project for Artforum," by Janet Zweig. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Appetizer: Book Preview of 'Venus in Furs,'" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch; "Curies Children: Vilem Flusser on Discovery," by Vilem Flusser; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on the News and its Pictures," by Carol Squiers; "Like Art: Glenn O'Brien on Advertising," by Glenn O'Brien; "Here There & Otherwise: John Welchman on Elsewhere," by John Welchman; "Folio: Barbara Moore on Artists' Publications," by Barbara Moore; "Books: Daniel Soutif on L'Art Africain," by Daniel Soutif; "Dona Nelson's Time Pieces," by Lisa Liebmann; "The Closed Book : A Project for Artforum," by Michelangelo Pistoletto, photography by Ari Marcopoulos; "Franz West: The Antibody to Anti-Body," by Helmut Draxler; "Houses by Thomas Ruff"; "Through a Glass Darkly," by John Perreault; "Karen Finley's Poisoned Meatloaf," by Maria Nadotti; "Domestic Science," by Charles V. ... [details]