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Peter J Ketchum
 
 
About the Artist

The New York City based artist’s work is  in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institute, The Norfolk History Museum and  Colby. It has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, The Bushnell, The Springfield Museum of Fine Art, The Discovery Museum (2 person show), The Morris Museum and the Connecticut Sports Museum.
The artist has shown in solo and group shows in Boston and NYC, including Exit Art, Lumina, SOHO 20, HERE, the Williamsburg  (Brooklyn) Art Center, ArtWell, and, in Hartford, Real Artways and the Charter Oak Cultural Center.
Curators and/or gallery owners who have shown his work include Ethan and Ivan Karp (OK Harris, NYC), Susan Dunne (Pace NYC), John Klein (The Aldrich Museum) and Matthew Druitt (The Guggenheim.)

 
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American Fan (Menu on Back)

2003
Acrylic on Canvas
32x32

Black Americana, Prejudice Series. www.peterjketchum.com

Toys for American Boys

Acrylic on Canvas
40x32

NRA Gun Series. www.peterjketchum.com

Black Evolution in Four Parts

2004
FOUR Separate Canvases
24x20 [4 canvases]

Adapted from found 1890's post cards. From my series on history of prejudice. www.peterjketchum.com

Herman of the Two Sexes

Acrylic on Canvas
48x36

Found B&W photo blown up and painted on. Words gathered from guests at a dinner party. Words from men on the left. Words from women on the right.

Design for a New American Flag

2006
Acrylic on paper on mounted board

What Mel Missed

Acrylic on Canvas

The Adoration of Margaret Mary

Acrylic, found photos,photo dye on Canvas

First Grade Apple Test

Acrylic on paper

Ketchum's Carrot Ladies (En Francais)

2009
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
18x22

Ketchum's Carrot Ladies (En Francais)
Nude Ladies Admiring a Large Carrot, adapted from an 1898 French postcard (naughty or not?) www.peterjketchum.com

Bang Bang The Lone Ranger Is Dead En Francais

2009
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
30 x 30

Bang Bang The Lone Ranger Is Dead En Francais
Lone Ranger in French www.peterjketchum.com

The Lone Ranger Under Attack (En Francais)

2009
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
30x30

The Lone Ranger Under Attack (En Francais)
Lone Ranger in French on Canvas www.peterjketchum.com
 
Education and biography
Most of my work is about personal and societal attitudes as reflected in our ephemera: found photographs (pre-1950’s), ads, menus, postcards. Because most of the found visual bits and pieces I use  were mass produced, the broad acceptance of and interest in the ideology inherent in them is underscored. Before "political correctness,"  society happily perpetuated stereotypes.
This is true of “humorous” materials produced aboutwomen, Jews, people of color, Native Americans, fatpeople, gay people, Arabs, and other minorities. In
little bits and pieces negative views were approved atthe cash register, sent worldwide through the mails, and displayed at  home.  These popular images shaped
some of our current attitudes as a society: ideasabout beauty, woman’s work, body image, social acceptability, masculinity, sex, measures of successand morality.
I am also interested in our perpetuated cultural myths and lies:  war as a given, for example. I am interested in our sports, religious and political leaders’ misadventures with truth and morality. I am
interested in moral standards as reflected in our icons and popular imagery.
I wonder if our societal soul is nothing more than an Ebay collectible. Will the coke bottle be the fossil index of modern culture, and the tabloids our dead sea scrolls? Are the bits and pieces of pop culture true
milestones in our trip from here to there, or barriers to a meaningful journey?
 
Future shows
Wish House Gallery West Cornwall CT July 15th-Aug
Dean Street Gallery Brooklyn NY Dec-Jan 2006-07
 
Website:  www.peterjketchum.com
 
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