About ‘Ode to Tapies’ by Herman Ketz
This work, entitled Ode to Tàpies, is a layered etching on handmade paper that the artist bought from Sastres Paperers in Banyoles, Catalonia. The paper's unique texture is an essential part of the image. The rough scratches, graphic marks and grainy textures allude to material art, consciously embracing imperfection and accidental…
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Herman Ketz (Enschede) is a draughtsman, graphic artist, sculptor and assemblage artist. After years as a self-taught artist, he followed the evening course at the AKI in Enschede from 1993 to 1997. His work is characterised by the reuse of old materials: used etching plates, wood and metal form the basis for new sculptures. The traces of time - scratches, holes, discolouration - remain visible and determine the poetic, layered look of his etchings, drawings, sculptures and…
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