10.16 – 11.2812.5
Wako Works of Art (Hatsudai)
Ectoplasm Photograph 2 1978/2009
Chromogenic print 35.5 x 25.4 cm edition of 5
Los Angeles-based Mike Kelley’s art practice takes multiple forms including performance, paintings, sculptures, video and music. He has presented topical works at major international art exhibitions around the world, his provocative installation for last year’s Yokohama Triennale imitating religious alters. This solo show features his most recent sculptures along with previously unshown photographic works made in the ’70s through ’90s. Among these are pieces from The Ectoplasm series, in which unearthly smoke (spirits?) effuse from the ears and nose of his subject; leggy women; black and white images of dancers swathed in scarves, and photos Kelley developed as a student in a bathroom darkroom.
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