Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form , 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIS

Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form, 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIST San Francisco.

Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form , 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIS

Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form, 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIST San Francisco.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites , 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites, 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites , 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites, 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites , 2002. Framed drawing, mixed media on paper. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites, 2002. Framed drawing, mixed media on paper. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Pushing and pulling, pulling and pushing (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley, Pushing and pulling, pulling and pushing (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition , 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition, 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition , 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition, 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

David Ireland, Untitled (Capillary Action), 1995. Galvanized steel, cheesecloth, salt, fabric dye, wire. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

David Ireland, Untitled (Capillary Action), 1995. Galvanized steel, cheesecloth, salt, fabric dye, wire. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

David Ireland, Harp , 1991. Metal basin, metal stool, wire, cheesecloth, fabric dye and c-clamp. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.

David Ireland, Harp, 1991. Metal basin, metal stool, wire, cheesecloth, fabric dye and c-clamp. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.

Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley, A Stopgap Measure , 1999. Double-sided exhibition poster. Private collection, San Francisco.

Mike Kelley, A Stopgap Measure, 1999. Double-sided exhibition poster. Private collection, San Francisco.

David Ireland, Irish Headache , 1987. Concrete, fabric, spring clamp, orange. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

David Ireland, Irish Headache, 1987. Concrete, fabric, spring clamp, orange. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Day Is Done , 2005-2006. 169 min, color, sound. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.

Mike Kelley, Day Is Done, 2005-2006. 169 min, color, sound. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form , 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIS
Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form , 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIS
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites , 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites , 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites , 2002. Framed drawing, mixed media on paper. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Pushing and pulling, pulling and pushing (Exhibition view).
Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts , 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition , 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition , 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
David Ireland, Untitled (Capillary Action), 1995. Galvanized steel, cheesecloth, salt, fabric dye, wire. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
David Ireland, Harp , 1991. Metal basin, metal stool, wire, cheesecloth, fabric dye and c-clamp. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.
Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).
Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).
Mike Kelley, A Stopgap Measure , 1999. Double-sided exhibition poster. Private collection, San Francisco.
David Ireland, Irish Headache , 1987. Concrete, fabric, spring clamp, orange. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.
Mike Kelley, Day Is Done , 2005-2006. 169 min, color, sound. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form, 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIST San Francisco.

Mike Kelley, Towhead n’Ganga, enclosed in darkness, lorded over by the sexualized -folded -high priestless form, 1996. Mixed media, enamel on wood, steel and aluminum buckets, popcorn mixed with acrylic polymer, dirt and plastic. Courtesy of KADIST San Francisco.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites, 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites, 2002. Aluminum, steel, wire, plexiglass. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 4: Stevenson Junior High and Satellites, 2002. Framed drawing, mixed media on paper. Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Pushing and pulling, pulling and pushing (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mechanical Toy Guts, 1991-2012. Toy mechanical and sound components, cloth, 2 chairs, cardboard box. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition, 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition, 2010-2013. Aluminum, steel, lighting fixtures, wiring. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

David Ireland, Untitled (Capillary Action), 1995. Galvanized steel, cheesecloth, salt, fabric dye, wire. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

David Ireland, Harp, 1991. Metal basin, metal stool, wire, cheesecloth, fabric dye and c-clamp. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.

Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley and David Ireland, (Exhibition view).

Mike Kelley, A Stopgap Measure, 1999. Double-sided exhibition poster. Private collection, San Francisco.

David Ireland, Irish Headache, 1987. Concrete, fabric, spring clamp, orange. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (Installation View), 2004-2005. Chromogenic print and black-and-white Piezo print on rag paper. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles.

Mike Kelley, Day Is Done, 2005-2006. 169 min, color, sound. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.

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