Mike Kelley
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Mike Kelley was an influential American contemporary artist known for his provocative multimedia works that explored memory, popular culture, and the darker undercurrents of American society.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mike Kelley canonical | 17 |
| Mike Kelley’s body of work | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Kelley Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Mike Kelley]
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A.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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B.
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
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C.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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D.
Sean Scully
Sean Scully is an Irish-born American painter renowned for his large-scale abstract works featuring bold, layered stripes and blocks of color.
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E.
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American contemporary artist and filmmaker best known for his elaborate, multimedia works that blend sculpture, performance, and mythic narrative, including the acclaimed "Cremaster" cycle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Kelley Target entity description: Mike Kelley was an influential American contemporary artist known for his provocative multimedia works that explored memory, popular culture, and the darker undercurrents of American society.
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A.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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B.
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
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C.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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D.
Sean Scully
Sean Scully is an Irish-born American painter renowned for his large-scale abstract works featuring bold, layered stripes and blocks of color.
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E.
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American contemporary artist and filmmaker best known for his elaborate, multimedia works that blend sculpture, performance, and mythic narrative, including the acclaimed "Cremaster" cycle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ multimedia artist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
BFA
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MFA ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
found objects
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performance ⓘ stuffed animals ⓘ textiles ⓘ video ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-10-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-01-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of the Arts
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | California Institute of the Arts ⓘ |
| familyName | Kelley ⓘ |
| genre |
installation art
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performance art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| givenName |
Mike
ⓘ
linked to:
Michael
|
| hasWorkExhibitedAt |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
popular culture
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psychoanalytic theory ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| memberOf | Destroy All Monsters ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Mike Kelley ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of darker undercurrents of American society
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exploration of memory ⓘ provocative multimedia works ⓘ use of popular culture imagery ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Day Is Done
ⓘ
Educational Complex ⓘ Half a Man ⓘ Kandor series ⓘ
linked to:
Superman Family
More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ performance artist ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wayne, Michigan, United States of America
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linked to:
Wayne, Michigan
|
| placeOfDeath |
South Pasadena, California, United States of America
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linked to:
South Pasadena, California
|
| positionHeld | faculty member ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Referenced by (18)
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