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The Floor Show Cabaret

January 19 - February 9, 1985 (January 19, 1985, January 26, 1985, February 2, 1985, February 9, 1985) Performance series in conjunction with The Floor Show exhibition. Artists included: Linda ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Events, Exhibitions, LACE Tagged With: 1985, Benjamin Weissman, Brian Grillo, Cortege #9, Craig Roose, Dianne V. Lawrence, Exhibition, Hudson, James Trivers, Jane Cantillon, Linda Albertano, Marina La Palma, Michael Peppe, Mike Kelley, Nancy Ferguson, performance, Snakepit, Spyder Mittleman, The Floor Show Cabaret, The Weba Family Singers, Tomato Du Plenty, Velvet Hammer, Visiting Kids

Headhunters

Headhunters poster, courtesy of the Mike Kelley Archive

September 10 - October 15, 1983 A survey of second-generation video artists whose work examined a wide spectrum of the medium. Artists included: David Akevold, Ericka Beckman, John Caldwell, Ben ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Events, LACE Tagged With: 1983, Ben Chase, David Akevold, Ericka Beckman, film, Headhunters, Howard Fried, John Caldwell, Ken Feingold, Mike Kelley, Mitchell Syrop, Nina Salerno, Screening, Tony Oursler, Video

Mike Kelley / Confusion: A Play in Seven Sets, Each Set More Spectacular and Elaborate Than the Last

January 17 & 18, 1983, 8:30 PM  Mike Kelley's narrative performance at the Pilot Theatre that used props as an attempt to follow certain trains of thought to their logical end.  Header ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Events, Exhibitions, LACE Tagged With: 1983, Confusion: A Play in Seven Sets Each Set More Spectacular Than the Last, Exhibition, Mike Kelley, Mike Kelley / Confusion: A Play in Seven Sets Each Set More Spectacular Than the Last, performance, theater

The Fix-It-Up Show

October 7 - November 8, 1981 Work by more than 30 artists that were altered or fixed up by Michael Uhlenkott and Jeffrey Vallance. Modification techniques included banging against and dragging over ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Exhibitions, LACE Tagged With: 1981, Alexis Smith, Betye Saar, Chris Burden, George Herms, Grant Mudford, Ilene Segalove, Jeffrey Vallance, Mary Jones, Michael Uhlenkott, Mike Kelley, Pierre Picot, Suzanne Lacy, The Fix-It-Up Show

Mike Kelley / Meditation on a Can of Vernors

June 10, 1981 Performance by artist Mike Kelley that utilized props and language to illustrate concepts of materialism and humanism.     ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Events, LACE Tagged With: 1981, Meditation on a Can of Vernors, Mike Kelley, Mike Kelley / Meditation on a Can of Vernors, performance

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