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Mike Kelley — Hidden Profile
Mike Kelley

Hidden Profile

A fragmented and psychologically charged work, Mike Kelley's *Hidden Profile* presents six acrylic-on-paper panels enclosed in the artist's own frames, emphasizing his characteristic interrogation of identity, memory, and repression. The segmented format disrupts any singular narrative, inviting the viewer to piece together meaning across disjointed yet interconnected images. Kelley's raw, unsettling visual language transforms the intimate scale of works on paper into a confrontational meditation on the subconscious.

Medium
acrylic on paper, in 6 parts, in artist's frames

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 10, 2015

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Mike Kelley, Hidden Profile

A fragmented and psychologically charged work, Mike Kelley's *Hidden Profile* presents six acrylic-on-paper panels enclosed in the artist's own frames, emphasizing his characteristic interrogation of identity, memory, and repression. The segmented format disrupts any singular narrative, inviting the viewer to piece together meaning across disjointed yet interconnected images. Kelley's raw, unsettling visual language transforms the intimate scale of works on paper into a confrontational meditation on the subconscious.

Medium
acrylic on paper, in 6 parts, in artist's frames
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Multi-Panel Work, Postmodern Art, Acrylic On Paper, Multi-Panel Format, Male Artist, Psychological Mood, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, American Artist, Dark And Unsettling, Figurative Art, Late 20th Century, Polyptych, Neo-Expressionism, Figurative

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