Fragments of his parents» 1970s curtain
material are rendered in
photographic works that return them to framed, window - like settings, despite the fabrics clearly being discarded as drop cloths for subsequent domestic re-decoration.
Now, as then, The Uncanny brings together a wide range of figurative sculptures, mannequins, dummies and sex - dolls, animatronic puppets, body - casts and anatomical body
fragments and models, religious statuary, stuffed animals, photographs, film stills and
photographic archive
material; as well as Kelley's own oddball collections of ephemera, which he calls his «harems», and which are now in the possession of another Los Angeles collector.