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Mike Kelley — Black Out (Detroit River)
Mike Kelley

Black Out (Detroit River)

A haunting and atmospheric work by Mike Kelley, *Black Out (Detroit River)* evokes the industrial and psychological landscape of the artist's hometown of Detroit, channeling themes of memory, erasure, and urban decay. Kelley's characteristically raw and confrontational sensibility transforms the river into a site of cultural and personal mythology, blurring the boundaries between place, identity, and collective trauma.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 15, 2013

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Mike Kelley, Black Out (Detroit River)

A haunting and atmospheric work by Mike Kelley, *Black Out (Detroit River)* evokes the industrial and psychological landscape of the artist's hometown of Detroit, channeling themes of memory, erasure, and urban decay. Kelley's characteristically raw and confrontational sensibility transforms the river into a site of cultural and personal mythology, blurring the boundaries between place, identity, and collective trauma.

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Related themes

Industrial, Dark, Photography, Detroit, Conceptual, American, Melancholic, Urban, Water, Contemporary

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