Mike Kelley

Energy Made Visible (from "The Poltergeist")
1979

A poster with the title "ENERGY MADE VISIBLE" at the top, featuring a mix of text and illustrations. The text discusses the concept of a poltergeist as a force rather than a being and its connection to adolescence and sexual energy. There are three drawings: a caricature of a wide-eyed, grinning figure with exaggerated features; a tornado-like vortex; and a cartoonish figure with its tongue out, seemingly in a state of shock or surprise. The bottom of the poster reads "THE DREAM STATE" in bold letters. The overall design has a hand-drawn, sketch-like quality with annotations and comments surrounding the images.
A poster with the title "ENERGY MADE VISIBLE" at the top, featuring a mix of text and illustrations. The text discusses the concept of a poltergeist as a force rather than a being and its connection to adolescence and sexual energy. There are three drawings: a caricature of a wide-eyed, grinning figure with exaggerated features; a tornado-like vortex; and a cartoonish figure with its tongue out, seemingly in a state of shock or surprise. The bottom of the poster reads "THE DREAM STATE" in bold letters. The overall design has a hand-drawn, sketch-like quality with annotations and comments surrounding the images.

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Date
1979

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fiber-tipped pen, acrylic and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 49 1/8 × 36 1/2in. (124.8 × 92.7 cm)

Accession number
2002.211

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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