MikeKelley迈克·凯莱

LosAngeles-basedsculptor,performanceandinstallationartistMikeKelley(b.1954)isoneofthemostimportantAmericanartiststohaveemergedinthe1980sBestknownforhisassemblagesculpturesmadefromstuffedchildren'stoys,KelleydrawsfrompopularcultureaswellastheModernisttraditionsofthefoundobjectandcollagetocommentonlate20th-centuryAmericansocietyMikeKelley'saudienceisverybroad,rangingfromacademicsandteenagecomic-bookcultiststocuratorsoftheworld'smostprestigiousmuseums.JohnCWelchmanlecturesintheVisualArtsDepartmentattheUniversityofCaliforniainSanDiego.Anotedartcritic,hehaswrittenwidelyontwentieth-centuryart.Welchman'sbooksincludeTheDadaandSurrealistWord-Image(co-author,1989),andTowardsaCulturalUnderstanding:StudiesofVisualModernity(1995).IsabelleGrawisfounderandEditoroftheacclaimedinternationalartmagazineTextezurKunst,basedinCologne.Herwritingoncontemporaryarthasbeenpublishedinmanyinternationalartjournals,includingParkett,Artforum?andFlashArt.AnthonyVidlerisProfessorofArtHistoryandArchitectureattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.InadditiontoseveraldefinitivevolumesontheEnlightenmentandnineteenth-centuryarchitecture,heistheauthorofthehighlyinfluentialstudiesTheArchitecturalUncanny:EssaysintheModernUnhomely(1994)andWarpedSpace:ArchitectureandAnxietyinModernCulture(1999).