Educational Complex
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Educational Complex is a large-scale sculptural installation by American artist Mike Kelley that reconstructs the floor plans of every school he attended, exploring themes of memory, repression, and institutional influence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Educational Complex canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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sculptural installation ⓘ |
| basedOn | floor plans of schools attended by Mike Kelley ⓘ |
| color | predominantly white ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Mike Kelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Mike Kelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
institutional spaces
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schools attended by Mike Kelley ⓘ |
| describedBySource | museum catalogues ⓘ |
| displayFormat | room-scale installation ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
NERFINISHED
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Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED ⓘ various international contemporary art museums ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expanded discourse on memory and architecture in contemporary art
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reinforced Mike Kelley’s reputation in institutional critique ⓘ |
| hasPart |
architectural maquettes
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model of school floor plans ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Minimalism
NERFINISHED
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institutional critique ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPerformance | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
architecture of education
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autobiography in art ⓘ education ⓘ institutional power ⓘ memory ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ repression ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
architectural model materials
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foam ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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postmodern art ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large-scale floor plan reconstruction
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monochrome architectural models ⓘ omission of unremembered spaces ⓘ |
| partOf | Mike Kelley’s institutional critique works ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood education
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collective memory ⓘ personal history ⓘ power structures in education ⓘ suppressed experiences ⓘ |
| use | installation art ⓘ |
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