Jill Mulleady
The Extracurriculars: Jill Mulleady
Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit
12.9 2025
Stockholm
The Extracurriculars: Jill Mulleady
Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit
Date
Friday 12 September 2025
Time
18-19
Place
The Cinema, floor 2
Language
English
Price
Free admission, pre-registration required
Contact: Alexander Kateb, Moderna Museet
Based on Jill Mulleady’s own practice, Hendrik Folkerts and Mulleady approach parts of Mike Kelley’s visual world – a landscape in which the subconscious, the fearful and the vulnerable take their place.
Mulleady’s paintings explore dreamlike, evocative and sometimes threatening moods, in which art historical and pop cultural references are intertwined. She experiments with different time layers and lets historical motifs face personal and contemporary expressions that move between everyday observations and inner, imaginary worlds.
Her recent solo exhibitions include “Fear of Losing You” at Luma Arles in France (2024), “Bend Towards the Sun” at Gladstone Gallery in New York (2022), “Blood Fog” at Consortium Museum in Dijon (2021), and “Fight-or-Flight” at Swiss Institute in New York (2019).
THE EXTRACURRICULARS
The programme series “The Extracurriculars” is arranged in connection with the exhibition “Mike Kelley – Ghost and Spirit” at Moderna Museet.
On each occasion, an artist is invited to encounter Mike Kelley’s art through their own practice. The series reflects the influence of Mike Kelley’s art on generations of artists in different media and practices.
29 August 2025: Lisa Tan
12 September 2025: Jill Mulleady
19 September 2025: Madeleine Andersson
The title, “The Extracurriculars”, is taken from one of Mike Kelley’s iconic and unfinished series – “Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction”, which can be seen in the exhibition. Here, Mike Kelley uses performance and design to explore themes such as memory, repression and taboo.
“Extracurricular activity” can be translated as “activities outside the schedule” and is part of the American high school environment – a recurring motif in today’s pop culture, rife with clichés, teenage angst and trauma.
“The Extracurriculars” is a collaboration with Klubb Moderna.
The Extracurriculars: Lisa Tan
Mike Kelley lär ha sagt: ”Jag skapar konst för att ge andra människor mina problem.” I den första delen av programserien ”The …
Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit
The Extracurriculars: Madeleine Andersson
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Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit
