{"product_id":"stopgap-measures-john-c-welchman-9783775756525","title":"Stopgap Measures: Writings on Mike Kelley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKelley's kaleidoscopic career captured in three decades of essays and interviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStopgap Measures\u003c\/i\u003e, art historian and cultural critic John C. Welchman presents a collection of essays, interviews and shorter pieces on the groundbreaking American artist Mike Kelley (1954-2012), spanning 30 years. These writings cover nearly all of Kelley's oeuvre, from his early performance pieces \u003ci\u003eConfusion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMonkey Island\u003c\/i\u003e to his final work, \u003ci\u003eMobile Homestead\u003c\/i\u003e. The volume includes reflections on Kelley's innovations in photography, writing, physical comedy and verbal humor; memory, popular culture, dress-up and Americana; the uncanny, imaginative projection and dark fantasy; appropriation and giving; authorship and self-construction; and the artist's little-remarked negotiation with histories of and ideas about Asia. The book concludes with a new essay connecting the refrains that punctuate Kelley's career with specters of social catastrophe and nuclear annihilation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn C. Welchman\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1958) is an artist and a professor of modern and contemporary art at the University of California San Diego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Welchman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3775756523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783775756525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hatje Cantz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"John C. Welchman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46293073821951,"sku":"9783775756525","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ae0c6e4-3607-41fc-9f51-54711504bbed.jpg?v=1730212048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stopgap-measures-john-c-welchman-9783775756525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}