# Mike Kelley: Memory Ware: A Survey - Hardcover

by **Mike Kelley** (Artist), **Ralph Rugoff** (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), **Mike Kelley** (Text by (Art/Photo Books))

Over the course of his four-decade career, Mike Kelley (1954-2012) critically questioned aesthetic conventions and examined all forms of culture. The approximately 100 _Memory Ware_ and associated works were made during the first decade of the 21st century; all are reproduced in this catalog. Named for a genre of North American folk art in which everyday utilitarian objects such as vases are coated with a claylike substance and then embedded with small objects including shells, beads and buttons, Kelley's _Memory Ware_ series consists both of wall-hung works (known as _Memory Ware Flats_) and freestanding pieces. The artist's appropriation of this folk tradition eliminates recognizable underlying objects and expands the original method to include a wider variety of keepsakes. The _Memory Ware_ sculptures, by contrast, juxtapose dense clusters of found objects with minimally or undecorated areas and reintroduce an overall structure.

**Number of Pages:** 250

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 12.7 x 9.8 IN

**Publication Date:** April 25, 2017

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