Posts tagged mike kelly
![Bad Thoughts on the Death of Mike Kelley - [This post was written following a conversation in The Wire office about the effects of the influence of the art of the late Mike Kelley, mainly as an attempt to clarify my own thoughts, and maybe confront some of my own prejudices. Many of my colleagues and associates at The Wire were longterm admirers of Kelley’s work; indeed, some of them were friends of the artist – all have been shocked by the recent news of his death, reportedly by his own hand, aged just 57. In the circumstances, I doubt this post will be greeted in a spirit of critical debate. But as far as I can ascertain, Kelley himself never bothered much with matters of ‘good’ taste, let alone observed petty bourgeois notions of proper etiquette or knowing when to hold his tongue, so for what it’s worth, I post it in a similar spirit.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07w8yeDkp1qz50dao1_400.jpg)
Bad Thoughts on the Death of Mike Kelley - [This post was written following a conversation in The Wire office about the effects of the influence of the art of the late Mike Kelley, mainly as an attempt to clarify my own thoughts, and maybe confront some of my own prejudices. Many of my colleagues and associates at The Wire were longterm admirers of Kelley’s work; indeed, some of them were friends of the artist – all have been shocked by the recent news of his death, reportedly by his own hand, aged just 57. In the circumstances, I doubt this post will be greeted in a spirit of critical debate. But as far as I can ascertain, Kelley himself never bothered much with matters of ‘good’ taste, let alone observed petty bourgeois notions of proper etiquette or knowing when to hold his tongue, so for what it’s worth, I post it in a similar spirit.]
