What do you think of Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy?

Both Kelly and McCarthy deal with similar subject matter (scatalogical humour, repressive family structures, the subversion of ideaological constructs, sex, "bad taste," violence, shit, stuffed animals, etc...). Both live in LA, and have collaborated on numerous occasions. Both artists work within the conceptual framework of 'post pop' and mine low culture for their subject matter. Both artists are concerned with 'taboo-smashing,'but this violence toward burgois morality is used in their work to explore the smbolic violence of social and media indoctrianation and is not an end in itself

Yes, he was in Destroy All Monsters. Also in the band for Ann Magnuson's Luv Show album with fellow LA art bigwig Jim Shaw.

I know people who had him as a teacher at Cal Arts. I should ask them and get back to you, Tracer. Cause I don't really follow the local art scene too much.

cultural soup & family tirany are the best

fresh hakonchi too

suicide

http://artinfo.com/news/story/758572/legendary-artist-mike-kelley-dead-at-58-an-apparent-suicide

This is so crazy. RIP

RIP, he signed my copy of Old Fashioned Acolyte (1985-1996). Miss you already duder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD-PvgX1mJA

A good friend of mine was his assistant for 5 years, his studio is in my neighborhood and I would see him around. Do they really think it was suicide?

that seems to be the word

been meaning to cop that destroy all monsters book that just came out

RIP. admrl, did he still use the studio on Fig in Highland Park?

srsly thought he'd be around for a long time to come, p amazing career and body of work

shit, r.i.p.

this says Police are still investigating and did not immediately have a cause of death.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/02/artist-mike-kelley-has-died.html

http://www.galleristny.com/2012/02/mike-kelley-has-died/

So upsetting. Day Is Done is incredible—still need to watch the second half.

This is awful. In a weird way, he was one of my favorite humorists in any medium, and yeah, he seemed like he had a lot more left to cover.

Mike Kelley was a brilliant artist, although I think his best work was behind him. I like Paul McCarthy a lot, but Mike Kelley was in a different league. It's really sad.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ledr18EI4Y1qa53iwo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1328737080&Signature=Yf9%2FVke1NsaiannUPZo1YaZnKgQ%3D

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-kelley-death-john-waters-287052

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gordy-grundy/mike-kelley-portrait_b_1254524.html

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/207714/slide_207714_663734_large.jpg?1328400224

Oh man.RIP. Here's John Wojtowicz's all-seeing eyewitness account of a Vienna art experience instigated by MK (mention of his music-related cred in my brief intro is just unnecessarily to rationalize posting it on mostly music blog, which is also why it was edited to emph music-related elements of exhibit, but basically still conveys where MK's approach was coming from)
http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/2004/08/special-guest-mentalist-john-wojtowicz.html

And here's the uncut original of John's coverage:
http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/2012/03/on-mike-kelleys-uncanny-uncut.html

this is a weird piece, misguided and factually incorrect among other things...
http://www.thewire.co.uk/themire/2012/02/bad-thoughts-on-the-death-of-mike-kelley