| Peter J Ketchum |
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From the New York Times:
"Peter J. Ketchum knows how to get the viewer's attention. Shown widely around the country, his pictures commingle colors, people, situations, commentary and mediums in a manner that is provocative, funny and to the point. Attempts to pigeonhole the work as Pop, folk, cartoon, mixedmedia, collage, anthropomorphic, or merely strange tend to fall short of the mark!"
Five works were included in “35 Artists of North America,” curated by Thomas Krens, the director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Peter J. Ketchum received a degree in fine arts from Colby College, did additional study at the School for Visual
Arts in NYC.
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| 关于此艺术家 |
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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Toys for American Boys
Acrylic on Canvas 40x32 |
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NRA Gun Series. www.peterjketchum.com |
Black Evolution in Four Parts
2004 FOUR Separate Canvases 24x20 [4 canvases] |
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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 48x36 |
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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. |
Design for a New American Flag
2006 Acrylic on paper on mounted board |
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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
Acrylic on paper |
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Ketchum's Carrot Ladies (En Francais)
2009 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas 18x22 |
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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 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas 30 x 30 |
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Lone Ranger in French
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The Lone Ranger Under Attack (En Francais)
2009 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas 30x30 |
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Lone Ranger in French on Canvas
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Ketchum's Contrary Chair
2009 Solid Oak, Acrylic 4 1/2 x 20 |
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Handpainted chair with trompe l'oeil sign. |
The Black "I" (An Imperfect Me)
2007-9 Acrylic on canvas, 3-D painted resin letters, Ken Dolls, mobile 60 x 48 |
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Look closely at perfection. The "I" is missing. The ideal is beyond my ken. See detail of picture below. |
The Black "I" (detail)
2007-9 Acrylic, painted resin letters,Ken Dolls, mobile "I" (also resin) |
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Detail of The Black "I" |
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| 教育程度与个人自传 |
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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| 未来的展览 |
"Wee Works of Great Art"
Norfolk (CT)Library Through 12/31 |
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