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Article: A Fan's Notes: Diedrich Diederichsen on Mike Kelley's Writings. (Books).(Book Review)
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Mike Kelley, Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism.
Edited by John Welchman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 218 pages. $24.95.
JUDD AND JORN, NEWMAN AND GRAHAM, Asher and Smithson--when the writings of a visual artist are published, the question that immediately arises is how the texts relate to the larger oeuvre. Explanation, expansion, justification--do they constitute an entirely separate project, as with Judd? Or should they be seen as an extension of the work, as was the case with Smithson and, even more so, with younger artists close to Mike Kelley like Frances Stark, Jutta Koether, and John Miller. The first volume of Kelley's writings, Foul ...