MikeKelley:ExplodedFortressofSolitude
- 作者
- 出版社 Rizzoli
- 出版时间 2012年10月
- ISBN 9780847837175
- 定价 902.20
内容简介
GagosianGalleryispleasedtopresentsculpturesandalarge-scaleinstallationbyMikeKelleyinthisfullyillustratedcataloguedocumentingthe2011LosAngelesandLondonexhibitions.ThepopularSupermanstoryrecountstheadventuresofanalienbeingsenttoEarthasababytoescapethetotaldestructionofhishomeplanetKrypton.The"Kandors"series,whichKelleyinitiatedin1999,aresculpturaldepictionsofSuperman’sactualbirthplace,Kandor.However,itturnsoutthatKandorwasnot,infact,destroyed.Shrunkandbottledbyavillain,thefuturisticcitywaslaterrescuedbySupermanandprotectedunderabelljarinhissanctuary,theFortressofSolitude.Intheserecentexhibitions,KelleydepictsSuperman’sFortressofSolitudeasasortofbunkerinruins.MikeKelleywasborninDetroit,Michiganin1954.HelivesandworksinLosAngeles.HestudiedattheCaliforniaInstituteoftheArtsandtheUniversityofMichigan.Recentmajorexhibitionsinclude"MikeKelley:EducationalComplexOnwards:1995-2008,"WIELSCentred’ArtContemporain(2008);"MikeKelley:ProfondeursVertes,"MuséeduLouvre(2006);and"MikeKelley:TheUncanny,"TateLiverpool.
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