Opening Reception: Mike Kelley. Vice Anglais

Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, ‘Mike Kelley. Vice Anglais’ at Hauser & Wirth London.

Tickets are free, with no advance booking required. Complimentary welcome drinks will be served upon arrival.

About ‘Mike Kelley. Vice Anglais’
Over the course of his four decade career, Mike Kelley (1954 – 2012) addressed the relation of establishment culture to counterculture. He shed light on social rituals and subcultures, whilst simultaneously parodying the imposition of institutionalized power and instruction.

With his Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (EAPR) series (2000 – 2011), Mike Kelley set out to make 365 videos and video installations, one for each day of the year, which came to an early end with ‘Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #36 (Vice Anglais)’ (2011), one of the last videos he ever made. The exhibition in the South Gallery focuses on this final EAPR through related works, including a series of never-before exhibited paintings of the cast of transgressive characters in ‘Vice Anglais,’ a lightbox still of a scene from this EAPR and sculptures made using props from his videos. A special screening of the video will be held during the exhibition run.

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Photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.