Mike Kelley Exhibition at Hangar Bicocca Features Ten Large-Scale Works from 2000-2009
Hangar Bicocca showcases a dedicated exhibition of Mike Kelley's creations, highlighting ten major works from 2000 to 2009, under the curation of Andrea Lissoni and Emi Fontana. The exhibition title is inspired by Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (A Domestic Scene) (2000). The arrangement of the pieces is based on free associations, mirroring Kelley's non-linear perception of time. Light (Time) – Space Modulator (2003) pays homage to László Moholy-Nagy, while John Glenn Memorial Detroit River Reclamation Project (2001) depicts a statue of astronaut John Glenn enveloped in debris from the Detroit riverbed. Additionally, Profondeurs Vertes (2006) centers on two paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Kelley discussed the critical academic role of art in a Milan interview in 2000.
Key facts
- Exhibition features only ten large-scale solo works by Mike Kelley
- All works date from 2000 to 2009
- Curated by Andrea Lissoni and Emi Fontana
- Exhibition title comes from line in Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (A Domestic Scene)
- Works organized by free association rather than chronology
- Includes Profondeurs Vertes (2006) created for the Louvre
- John Glenn Memorial Detroit River Reclamation Project (2001) features astronaut statue covered in Detroit river debris
- Exhibition contrasts with comprehensive 2013 posthumous retrospective at Centre Pompidou
Entities
Artists
- Mike Kelley
- Andrea Lissoni
- Emi Fontana
- László Moholy-Nagy
- John Singleton Copley
- Thomas Wilmer Dewing
- Bob Clark
- Morton Subotnick
- Comte de Lautréamont
- Isidore-Lucien Ducasse
- John Glenn
Institutions
- Hangar Bicocca
- Venice Biennale
- Centre Pompidou
- Gagosian New York
- Louvre
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- ArtReview
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- Milan
- Los Angeles
- Detroit
- United States
- New York