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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. |
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American Fan (Menu on Back)
2003 |
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| Black Americana, Prejudice Series. www.peterjketchum.com |
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Toys for American Boys
Acrylic on Canvas |
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| NRA Gun Series. www.peterjketchum.com |
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Black Evolution in Four Parts
2004 |
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| Adapted from found 1890's post cards. From my series on history of prejudice.
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Herman of the Two Sexes
Acrylic on Canvas |
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| 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. |
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Design for a New American Flag
2006 |
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What Mel Missed
Acrylic on Canvas |
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The Adoration of Margaret Mary
Acrylic, found photos,photo dye on Canvas |
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First Grade Apple Test
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Ketchum's Carrot Ladies (En Francais)
2009 |
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| Nude Ladies Admiring a Large Carrot, adapted from an 1898 French postcard (naughty or not?)
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Bang Bang The Lone Ranger Is Dead En Francais
2009 |
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| Lone Ranger in French
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The Lone Ranger Under Attack (En Francais)
2009 |
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| Lone Ranger in French on Canvas
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| 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? |
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| Future shows | |
| Wish House Gallery West Cornwall CT July 15th-Aug Dean Street Gallery Brooklyn NY Dec-Jan 2006-07 |
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| Website: www.peterjketchum.com | |
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