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Ditty Ketting 1952
Vit à Pernis (NL). Travaille dans Pernis (NL).
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Galerie van den Berge
"The love of seeing"
Colour and space play an all-encompassing, fundamental role in my paintings.
I paint fields and grids with acrylics. These images don’t represent anything in particular, but rather are compositions of colours and lines, grounded in specific arrangements of hues and patterns. Placed side by side, the fields blend together in the viewer’s eye, while their arrangement in a grid reinforces the individual character of the constituent colours.
I love colours’ visual richness, their endless gradations, their mutability – and the fact that even when they’ve been systematically ordered, they still manage to seek a way out: break free from the system. They speak in their own voice.
One big source of inspiration for me is Josef Albers, who restricted himself to exploring colour in its own right. Albers was concerned with the essence: bringing colour to life.
‘Colours don’t exist in isolation. Colours reveal themselves in dialogue with other colours – and come to life in the process.'
Ditty Ketting, March 2022
‘In my paintings, colour is all-encompassing, as essential as light and space.’
‘It is clear to anyone who knows Ditty Ketting’s work that colour has been her greatest passion since the very start of her career. And that it remains so to this day.’
‘Freedom and restriction: these are the two extremes that Ditty Ketting moves between, and this has to do with both her seemingly inexhaustible variety of colour selections and the meticulous way in which she paints her horizontal and vertical bands and colour fields. Her work leaves very little to chance, but ultimately, it is the artist’s intuitive eye that determines what the painting will look like at the end of a long work process. When you look at her work – get real up close – you can experience the layered nature and the density of the paint, particularly when you realise that some bands of colour consist of as many as 8 to 12 layers of paint, to ensure that the colour is opaque (yellow, for instance) or to intensify its effect. The minute colour pulsations that Ditty Ketting allows to resonate in the bands and fields of colour allow us to experience how changeable colours and shapes become in each other’s vicinity.’
From: Erik Bos: Movements of Colour
Colour and space play an all-encompassing, fundamental role in my paintings.
I paint fields and grids with acrylics. These images don’t represent anything in particular, but rather are compositions of colours and lines, grounded in specific arrangements of hues and patterns. Placed side by side, the fields blend together in the viewer’s eye, while their arrangement in a grid reinforces the individual character of the constituent colours.
I love colours’ visual richness, their endless gradations, their mutability – and the fact that even when they’ve been systematically ordered, they still manage to seek a way out: break free from the system. They speak in their own voice.
One big source of inspiration for me is Josef Albers, who restricted himself to exploring colour in its own right. Albers was concerned with the essence: bringing colour to life.
‘Colours don’t exist in isolation. Colours reveal themselves in dialogue with other colours – and come to life in the process.'
Ditty Ketting, March 2022
‘In my paintings, colour is all-encompassing, as essential as light and space.’
‘It is clear to anyone who knows Ditty Ketting’s work that colour has been her greatest passion since the very start of her career. And that it remains so to this day.’
‘Freedom and restriction: these are the two extremes that Ditty Ketting moves between, and this has to do with both her seemingly inexhaustible variety of colour selections and the meticulous way in which she paints her horizontal and vertical bands and colour fields. Her work leaves very little to chance, but ultimately, it is the artist’s intuitive eye that determines what the painting will look like at the end of a long work process. When you look at her work – get real up close – you can experience the layered nature and the density of the paint, particularly when you realise that some bands of colour consist of as many as 8 to 12 layers of paint, to ensure that the colour is opaque (yellow, for instance) or to intensify its effect. The minute colour pulsations that Ditty Ketting allows to resonate in the bands and fields of colour allow us to experience how changeable colours and shapes become in each other’s vicinity.’
From: Erik Bos: Movements of Colour
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Studio portrait about the artistic work process of Ditty Ketting; close image and sound. A short, infectious film in which you, as a viewer, experience how she makes a geometrically abstract painting using her systematic method.
You can see how she starts from individual color properties of paint to create a composition in which an exciting geometric play of colors in line, rhythm, and flatness takes place in front of your eyes.
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Ditty Ketting (NL)
1952
Woont en werkt in Pernis (Rotterdam)
Opleiding: Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam
Solotentoonstellingen (selectie)
2017 Galerie Van den Berge, Goes
2016 Nieuwe schilderijen, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
2015 WTC Art Gallery, Rotterdam, met Alexandra Roozen en Frans Verschoor
GB5, Rhoon, met Olphaert den Otter
2014 Nieuwe schilderijen, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
The Suburban, Chicago, Illinois, US
2013 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2012 ROCKET Gallery, Londen / London, UK
Nieuwe schilderijen, Galerie Iris Cornelis, Rotterdam
Match, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, met Cecilia Vissers
2011 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem, met Piet Tuytel
2009 Angles, grids and squares, MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Museum Waterland, Purmerend
Werk uit de periode 1991-2008, Hudson Museum, Rotterdam
2008 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2007 Fresh paint, MKgalerie, Berlijn, DE, met Frank van der Salm en Shane Waltener
Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de Maas, met Cor van Dijk
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
MKgalerie, Rotterdam
2005 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Galerie LEGIOkunst, Tilburg, met Cor van Dijk
2004 Kunsthuis Theo Hübens, Maastricht, met Dagmar Baumann
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, Art Brussels, Brussel / Brussels, BE
2003 Galerie Jan Colle, Gent, BE, met Martha Scheeren
2002 MKgalerie, Rotterdam
2001 Galerie 2x De Afstand, Zaltbommel
2000 MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam
Groepstentoonstellingen (selectie)
2014 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Art The Hague, Den Haag
Tussenbeelden, Museum Schunck, Heerlen, curator: Paul van der Eerden
SPACE as SPACE / TÉR mint TÉR, Múzeuma Vasarely, Boedapest, HU
CONCREET NU 2014, Spazio Offices, Zoetermeer
2013 MIX 2013-14, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Dutch Cube, Abigail Galéria, Boedapest / Budapest, HU
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Art The Hague, Den Haag
DADA Post, Berlijn, DE
ParisCONCRET, Parijs, FR, met Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Gracia Khouw, Guido Nieuwendijk, Marije Vermeulen en Guido Winkler
Compilation, ROCKET Gallery, Londen, UK
The bigger the smaller, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2012 Collectables 5, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Castellum Aquae, Bloemendaal, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
First, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Ongoing Minimalism, ROCKET Gallery, Londen, UK
2011 Post Concret, ParisCONCRET, Parijs, FR
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Museum Waterland, Purmerend
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Op Time, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, met Linda Arts, Barna Benedek (HU) en András Wolsky (HU)
Why Patterns?, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2010 NI 50 jaar – deel II, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, HeARTTWENTE, De Creatieve Fabriek, Hengelo
Good vibrations, MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, KunstRAI, Amsterdam
NI 50 jaar – deel I, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Dutch Connection, Hebel 121, Basel, CH
Breedbeeld – 50 jaar Geometrische Kunst, Museum Van Lien, Fijnaart
2009 Run up!!!!!, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Ad hoc, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Entrepot Fictief, Galerij Jan Colle, BE
MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Kleur en ruimte, Stadhuis Gorinchem, Gorinchem
Hommage à Vasarely, Pecsi Kisgaléria, Pécs, HU
Collecties (selectie)
ARA Groep B.V., Rotterdam
Arnold & Siedsma, Den Haag / The Hague
Artotheek Amsterdam Oost, Amsterdam
Artotheek Breda, Breda
Artotheek Dordrecht, Dordrecht
Artotheek Schiedam, Schiedam
Brown Rudnick, Londen, UK
Centrum Beeldende Kunst Groningen, Groningen
ENECO Kunstcollectie, Rotterdam
HEDEN, Den Haag
Hudson Museum, Rotterdam
Kunstfonds Kolibri, Groningen
Kunsthuis Theo Hübens, Maastricht
Kunstuitleen Hollandia Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen
Kunstuitleen Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Den Haag
Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Den Haag
Modern Gallery, Laszlo Vass Collection, Veszprém, HU
Mondriaanhuis – Museum voor Constructieve en Concrete Kunst, Amersfoort
Moret & Limperg, Rotterdam
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Ploum, Lodder, Princen, Rotterdam
PostNL
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
VUmc, Amsterdam
Yellow Fellow Collection, Woudrichem
Diverse privécollecties / Various private collections
1952
Woont en werkt in Pernis (Rotterdam)
Opleiding: Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam
Solotentoonstellingen (selectie)
2017 Galerie Van den Berge, Goes
2016 Nieuwe schilderijen, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
2015 WTC Art Gallery, Rotterdam, met Alexandra Roozen en Frans Verschoor
GB5, Rhoon, met Olphaert den Otter
2014 Nieuwe schilderijen, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
The Suburban, Chicago, Illinois, US
2013 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2012 ROCKET Gallery, Londen / London, UK
Nieuwe schilderijen, Galerie Iris Cornelis, Rotterdam
Match, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, met Cecilia Vissers
2011 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem, met Piet Tuytel
2009 Angles, grids and squares, MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Museum Waterland, Purmerend
Werk uit de periode 1991-2008, Hudson Museum, Rotterdam
2008 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2007 Fresh paint, MKgalerie, Berlijn, DE, met Frank van der Salm en Shane Waltener
Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de Maas, met Cor van Dijk
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
MKgalerie, Rotterdam
2005 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Galerie LEGIOkunst, Tilburg, met Cor van Dijk
2004 Kunsthuis Theo Hübens, Maastricht, met Dagmar Baumann
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, Art Brussels, Brussel / Brussels, BE
2003 Galerie Jan Colle, Gent, BE, met Martha Scheeren
2002 MKgalerie, Rotterdam
2001 Galerie 2x De Afstand, Zaltbommel
2000 MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam
Groepstentoonstellingen (selectie)
2014 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Art The Hague, Den Haag
Tussenbeelden, Museum Schunck, Heerlen, curator: Paul van der Eerden
SPACE as SPACE / TÉR mint TÉR, Múzeuma Vasarely, Boedapest, HU
CONCREET NU 2014, Spazio Offices, Zoetermeer
2013 MIX 2013-14, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Dutch Cube, Abigail Galéria, Boedapest / Budapest, HU
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Art The Hague, Den Haag
DADA Post, Berlijn, DE
ParisCONCRET, Parijs, FR, met Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Gracia Khouw, Guido Nieuwendijk, Marije Vermeulen en Guido Winkler
Compilation, ROCKET Gallery, Londen, UK
The bigger the smaller, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2012 Collectables 5, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Castellum Aquae, Bloemendaal, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
First, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Ongoing Minimalism, ROCKET Gallery, Londen, UK
2011 Post Concret, ParisCONCRET, Parijs, FR
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Museum Waterland, Purmerend
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Op Time, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, met Linda Arts, Barna Benedek (HU) en András Wolsky (HU)
Why Patterns?, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2010 NI 50 jaar – deel II, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, HeARTTWENTE, De Creatieve Fabriek, Hengelo
Good vibrations, MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, KunstRAI, Amsterdam
NI 50 jaar – deel I, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Dutch Connection, Hebel 121, Basel, CH
Breedbeeld – 50 jaar Geometrische Kunst, Museum Van Lien, Fijnaart
2009 Run up!!!!!, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
Ad hoc, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Entrepot Fictief, Galerij Jan Colle, BE
MKgalerie, Rotterdam
Kleur en ruimte, Stadhuis Gorinchem, Gorinchem
Hommage à Vasarely, Pecsi Kisgaléria, Pécs, HU
Collecties (selectie)
ARA Groep B.V., Rotterdam
Arnold & Siedsma, Den Haag / The Hague
Artotheek Amsterdam Oost, Amsterdam
Artotheek Breda, Breda
Artotheek Dordrecht, Dordrecht
Artotheek Schiedam, Schiedam
Brown Rudnick, Londen, UK
Centrum Beeldende Kunst Groningen, Groningen
ENECO Kunstcollectie, Rotterdam
HEDEN, Den Haag
Hudson Museum, Rotterdam
Kunstfonds Kolibri, Groningen
Kunsthuis Theo Hübens, Maastricht
Kunstuitleen Hollandia Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen
Kunstuitleen Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Den Haag
Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Den Haag
Modern Gallery, Laszlo Vass Collection, Veszprém, HU
Mondriaanhuis – Museum voor Constructieve en Concrete Kunst, Amersfoort
Moret & Limperg, Rotterdam
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Ploum, Lodder, Princen, Rotterdam
PostNL
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
VUmc, Amsterdam
Yellow Fellow Collection, Woudrichem
Diverse privécollecties / Various private collections
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