{"product_id":"stopgap-measures-von-john-c-welchman","title":"Stopgap Measures","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cem\u003eStopgap Measures\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         presents an exciting selection of essays,\ninterviews and shorter pieces on the work of American artist\nMike Kelley (1954–2012) written over more than three\ndecades by the noted art historian and cultural critic John\nC. Welchman.\n\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                        Kelley’s provocative career gave rise to some of the most\nconceptually and materially diverse work of recent times—\nin performance, writing, painting, drawing, sculpture, banners,\nmultimedia installation, appropriated objects and\nimages and video, as well as numereous collaborations.\nThis volume includes reflections on specific works, and features\na signature series of pathbreaking essays on Kelley’s\ninnovations in photography and writing as well as explorations\nof major themes in his practice, research and thinking:\nphysical comedy and verbal humor; memory; popular\nculture, dress-up and Americana; the uncanny; imaginative\nprojection and dark fantasy; appropriation and giving;\nauthorship and self-construction; and the artist’s littleremarked\nupon negotiation with the histories of and ideas\nabout Asia. The book concludes with new essays on Kelley’s\nengagement with animals and the nonhuman; and on the\nrefrain disappearances that punctuate Kelley’s career set\nin relation to specters of social catastrophe and nuclear\nannihilation.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783775756525\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWritings on Mike Kelley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback - 9783775756525","offer_id":50334663934277,"sku":"9783775756525","price":34.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/53d25526-91d7-4daa-bf3c-9c215cf6d2cc.jpg?v=1778051622","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/stopgap-measures-von-john-c-welchman","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}