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Mike Kelley | 1954-2012 - Los Angeles Times
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Mike Kelley | 1954-2012

“Citris and White,” from a mid-career survey that began at Whitney Museum of American Art, is shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1994.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Mike Kelley, an influential Los Angeles artist whose physically messy and psychologically complex projects laid the groundwork for present-day installation art, has died. He was 57. See full obituary

"Eviscerated Corpse," from the mid-career survey in 1994.

“Eviscerated Corpse,” from the mid-career survey in 1994.  (Carol Cheetham / For The Times)

An installation view of Kelley's 2002 exhibition "Black Out" at Patrick Painter features the sculpture "John Glenn Memorial Detroit River Reclamation Project." It includes two big storage racks of archival newspaper stories connected by a low, trash-strewn platform. In the center is a larger-than-life statue of astronaut John Glenn, made from broken crockery.

An installation view of Kelley’s 2002 exhibition “Black Out” at Patrick Painter features the sculpture “John Glenn Memorial Detroit River Reclamation Project.” It includes two big storage racks of archival newspaper stories connected by a low, trash-strewn platform. In the center is a larger-than-life statue of astronaut John Glenn, made from broken crockery.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

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