--- title: "229 - Live Pelt, Heaton, 9/6-10/11 2003" date: 2017-08-22T14:01:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/229-kelly-heaton-9-6-10-11-2003" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Live Pelt [Kelly Heaton](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kelly-heaton) Sep 5 – Oct 10, 2003 ![Heaton The Sears Portrait Series 2002 2003 Hero](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Heaton-The-Sears-Portrait-Series-2002-2003-hero.jpg) Kelly Heaton The Sears Portrait Series, 2002-2003 Description Live Pelt, by Kelly Heaton, is a multimedia installation based on the transformation of 64 previously owned Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the popular consumer toy, into a woman’s coat. Fashioned from the toys’ pelts and electronics, the coat (entitled The Surrogate) provides full body vibration and is designed to be a substitute lover. Using Elmo as a vector to channel information about contemporary American culture, the installation encompasses moods both poignant and Frankenstein weird. The narrative investigates frontier economics, the human-machine relationship, and the technologist’s power to play with life. In all seriousness, Heaton’s sense of humor prevails. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/HEaton/2003/Heaton-Live-Pelt.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kelly-heaton) ![Heaton N Trophy 2000 2003](/assets/exhibition_images/Heaton-N-Trophy-2000-2003.JPG) Kelly Heaton N-Trophy, 2000-03 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Heaton N Trophy 2000 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Kelly Heaton N-Trophy, 2000-03 ![Heaton De Star Spangled Banner From Live Pelt Bsy Rss 2002 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Kelly Heaton De-Star Spangled Banner from Live Pelt - Bsy Rss, 2000-03 ![Heaton The Sociopath 2001 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Kelly Heaton The Sociopath, 2001-03 ![Heaton The Class Of Two Thousand And Three From Live Pelt The Trapper 2000 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Kelly Heaton The Class of Two Thousand and Three from Live Pelt - The Trapper, 2000-03 ![Heaton The Surrogate 2000 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Kelly Heaton The Surrogate, 2000-03 ![Heaton Life Pelt Btsy Rss 2002 2003 Install Shot](/assets/exhibition_images/Heaton/2003/Heaton-Life-Pelt-Btsy-Rss-2002-2003-Install-shot.JPG) Live Pelt View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Heaton Life Pelt Btsy Rss 2002 2003 Install Shot]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Live Pelt installation view ![Heaton Live Pelt The Trapper 2002 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Live Pelt installation view ![Heaton The Industrialist 2001 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Live Pelt installation view ![Heaton Life Pelt Btsy Rss 2002 2003 Install Shot](/assets/exhibition_images/Heaton/2003/Heaton-Life-Pelt-Btsy-Rss-2002-2003-Install-shot.JPG) ![Heaton Live Pelt The Trapper 2002 2003](/assets/exhibition_images/Heaton/2003/Heaton-Live-Pelt-The-Trapper-2002-2003.JPG) ![Heaton The Industrialist 2001 2003](/assets/exhibition_images/Heaton/2003/Heaton-The-Industrialist-2001-2003.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Heaton Life Pelt Btsy Rss 2002 2003 Install Shot]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Live Pelt installation view ![Heaton Live Pelt The Trapper 2002 2003]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Live Pelt installation view ![Heaton The Industrialist 2001 2003]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Live Pelt installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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