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Mike Kelley, the US artist acclaimed for his unsettling installations, dies at 57

Artist and proto-punk rocker, whose disturbing multimedia pieces were shown in leading galleries, is found dead in his LA homeThe American artist Mike Kelley has been found dead at his home in Los Angeles aged 57. Kelley received art world acclaim for his unsettling multimedia work, which combined installation, performance and music and appeared in major galleries around the world including the Whitney in New York and the Louvre.Kelley's themes were often sinister, pathetic or repulsive, conflat...

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23:59 on February 1 2012

Mike Kelley, the US artist acclaimed for his unsettling installations, dies at 57

Guardian Music — Artist and proto-punk rocker, whose disturbing multimedia pieces were shown in leading galleries, is found dead in his LA homeThe American artist Mike Kelley has been fou... more info
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