Mike Kelley: The Uncanny

In 2004 artist Mike Kelley curated an exhibition called 'The Uncanny' at the Tate Liverpool in which many artists explored "memory, recollection, horror and anxiety through the juxtaposition of a highly personal collection of objects with realist figurative sculpture." Each artist within the exhibition are able to provoke the uncanny effect by the use of the materials, scale and colour, which create a distressing and unnerving feeling but at the same time they are fascinating to its audience. Here are some of the sculptures created for the exhibition:

(Kristian Burford)

(Nayland Blake, magic)

(Gavin Turk, Death of Che)

(Ron Mueck, Ghost)

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