The Extracurriculars: Jill Mulleady

Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit

12.9 2025

Stockholm

In the second part of “The Extracurriculars”, Hendrik Folkerts, curator of the exhibition “Mike Kelley – Ghost and Spirit”, meets artist Jill Mulleady for a conversation about painting, artistic practice and Mike Kelley’s visual world.

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

Registration

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
11 October 2025: Michael Portnoy (More information and registration link coming soon)

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.