More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid

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More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid is a seminal mixed-media installation by artist Mike Kelley that incorporates used stuffed animals and handmade crafts to explore themes of childhood, sentimentality, and emotional labor.

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instanceOf art installation ⓘ
mixed-media artwork ⓘ
artForm assemblage ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
associatedWith 1980s American art ⓘ
Los Angeles art scene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Mike Kelley ⓘ
depicts children’s toys ⓘ
domestic craft objects ⓘ
describedAs iconic example of stuffed-animal installations ⓘ
seminal work in Mike Kelley’s career ⓘ
explores commodification of affection ⓘ
psychological charge of everyday objects ⓘ
tension between care and neglect ⓘ
genre contemporary art ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary installation art using found toys ⓘ
discourse on affect and labor in art ⓘ
hasPart afghans ⓘ
crocheted items ⓘ
doilies ⓘ
knitted items ⓘ
stuffed animals sewn together ⓘ
inCollection Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainSubject affective labor ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
consumer culture ⓘ
domesticity ⓘ
emotional labor ⓘ
memory ⓘ
sentimentality ⓘ
movement conceptual art ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ
notableFor critique of sentimental value ⓘ
use of discarded toys ⓘ
title More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid ⓘ
usesMaterial found objects ⓘ
handmade crafts ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
used stuffed animals ⓘ

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More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid → title → More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid ⓘ