MIKE KELLEY AND DAVID IRELAND: ACTS AND SITES

Acts and Sites was curated by Mary Anderson and Richard Haley, and features works by Mike Kelley and David Ireland. Additional works by Robert Arneson, Nate Boyce, Bruce Nauman, Mollie Oblinger, and Annabeth Rosen are also included in the exhibition.

The exhibition focused on the Blackout series by Kelley and the Skellig works by Ireland. Both works take the form of a travelogue, documenting remote abandoned sites through photography. Each artist deviates from traditional forms of documentary images by weaving in forms of autobiography, malfunction, and fiction.

This exhibition is made possible with the cooperation and support of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, 500 Capp Street Foundation, Detroit Institute of Arts, UMMA: University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Anglim Gilbert Gallery.

 

Compound Temporal Conflation (Horizontal) 1-4, 2002-2003
Mike Kelley
4 color photographs; Ed. 4 of 5
20 x 30 in
Courtesy of Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

Plaster Statue of John Glenn, John Glenn H. S., Westland, MI and Chainsaw Sculpture of Bigfoot, Redwood Area of Northern California, 2001
Mike Kelley
2 cibrachrome prints mounted on board; AP 2 of 2
73 1/4 x 49 1/4 in. each
Courtesy of Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

Black Out (Detroit River), 2001
Mike Kelley
8 Cibachrome prints mounted on board 8 parts; AP 2 of 2
28 x 51 in. each
Courtesy of Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

Black Out (Detroit River), 2001
Mike Kelley
8 Cibachrome prints mounted on board 8 parts; AP 2 of 2
28 x 51 in. each
Courtesy of Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

Act Up Art Box, 19993-94
maple, birch, aluminum, and chrome box with hand-painted lid, containing works by seven artists
5 × 24 × 14 inches
Louise Bourgeois, Ross Bleckner, Mike Kelley, Simon Leung, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero

Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund
Courtesy of Detroit Institute of Arts

Act Up Art Box, 19993-94
maple, birch, aluminum, and chrome box with hand-painted lid, containing works by seven artists
5 × 24 × 14 inches
Louise Bourgeois, Ross Bleckner, Mike Kelley, Simon Leung, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero

Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund
Courtesy of Detroit Institute of Arts

Act Up Art Box, 19993-94
maple, birch, aluminum, and chrome box with hand-painted lid, containing works by seven artists
5 × 24 × 14 inches
Louise Bourgeois, Ross Bleckner, Mike Kelley, Simon Leung, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero

Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund
Courtesy of Detroit Institute of Arts

Act Up Art Box, 19993-94


Head Swim, 1977
Robert Arneson
Conté crayon, graphite pencil, and wash
36 7/8 inches × 48 7/8 inches × 2 inches
Gift of James Pearson Duffy
Courtesy of Detroit Institute of Arts

Untitled, Untitled, Stairway to Monastery on Skellig and end Panel, and Untitled
David Ireland
Courtesy of The 500 Capp Street Foundation

Skellig Series, David Ireland
Courtesy of The 500 Capp Street Foundation

Skellig Series, David Ireland
Courtesy of The 500 Capp Street Foundation

Rolling Skellig, 1993 – 94
David Ireland
Enamel on gelatin silver prints and steel
52 x 76 1⁄2 x 22 inches
Courtesy of The 500 Capp Street Foundation

Skellig Series, David Ireland
Courtesy of The 500 Capp Street Foundation