Contemporary Art With a Past
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, mixed
media, collage, anthropomorphic, or merely strange
tend to fall short of the mark!"
Peter J. Ketchum earned a degree in fine arts from Colby College, did additional study at the School for Visual Arts in NYC, and filmaking at NYU. He studied privately with George Baer (formerly of the Chicago Art Institute.)
The Brooklyn-based octogenarian’s work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute, The Norfolk History
Museun , Colby Art Museum, and the (late great) Guggenheim Downtown. His work has been shown at The Brooklyn Museum, The Bushnell, The Springfield Museum of Fine Art, The Discovery Museum (2 person show), and the Connecticut Sports Museum.
Five works were included in “35 Artists of North America,” curated by Thomas Krens, the former head of the Guggenheim.
The submerged artist has shown in solo and group shows in Boston and NYC, including Exit Art, Lumina, MetroPictures, SOHO 20, HERE, the Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Art Center, ArtWell, Bachelier/Cardonsky and the Charter Oak Cultural Center.
Curators and/or gallery owners who have shown his work include Jacques Kaplan, Ethan and Ivan Karp (OK Harris, NYC), Susan Dunne (Pace NYC), John Klein (The Aldrich Museum) and Matthew Druitt (The Guggenheim).
Ketchum curated all of the exhibits at Gallery on Dean and directed The TNC Gallery NY NY.
Artists To Watch published his greeting cards worldwide. See audio interview here: www.artiststowatch.com.
"Flora Lichtenstein Predicts" above is in a private museum in Boca Raton with true Lichtensteins.