Art exhibition at Purchase College
- November
- 20
Clay Ketter, one of Sweden’s most prominent artists and a 1985 Purchase College alumnus, is featured in a David Schwarz Project 11 exhibition at the Purchase College School of Art + Design.
Ketter moved to Sweden 20 years ago from New York City. The exhibition includes works created from 1996-2009 that reflect everyday domestic interior and exterior architecture.
The Ketter exhibit is on view through Dec. 18 in the Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Monday- Friday 9-5. Purchase College at 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase.
“Clay Ketter works with diverse materials that fall outside the bounds of traditional painting: gypsum board, spackle, paint, wood, and plastics,” according to a release on the exhibit. “Traditional treatment of color, surface, and layers are evident in works as Trace Painting #6, made with household paints and wallboard, and Surface Habitat for Appliance, made with building materials and IKEA cabinet components. Comparing these two works engages a dialogue around the practices of building, everyday work, the readymade and traditional painting.”
Ketter, born in Maine, now lives in Lilla Uppakra, Sweden. He is the recipient of the Carnegie Art Award in Nordic Painting, multiple Sveriges Bildkonstnärsfond (Swedish endowment) and has had recent solo exhibitions at Sonnabend Gallery in New York , Moderna Museet in Stockholm Sweden, and Bartha Contemporary Gallery in London England. His solo show at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, France opened this October 2009.
Ketter is represented by Sonnabend Gallery NY, Galerie Daniel Templon Paris, Wetterling Gallery in Stockholm and Bartha Contemporary London.
The David Schwarz projects are made possible by the generous support of Jeanne and David Schwarz.



























