Ideenstudio

Projektvorschlag von Jonathan Petch

/ Idee: Jonathan David Petch /

The concept of the exhibition is to present unrealised artistic ideas with particular connections and relationships between art, economics and/or science.

Economics and science are primarily concerned with the myth of certainty whereas art is quite simply "other" with its shape shifting ambivalence - a generator of endless uncertainty.

After completing an honours degree in finance and economics at the Newcastle upon Tyne Business School in 1990, Jonathan Petch trained as a chartered accountant at the head office of Arthur Andersen in London between 1991 and 1994. He subsequently worked as a chartered accountant for both BNP Paribas and Baring Brothers & Co. merchant bank in the City, after which he worked in similar roles for Total Oil and Carlton Communications plc.

Good business is the best art of all but in October 1999 Jonathan Petch went from business to art and now his intention is to combine business and art to make business art. Fundamentally, economics is concerned with producing maximum profit for minimum input. In the first stage of his exhibition project, for the fee of ¤100 Jonathan Petch appropriated this precept in the work which he submitted as part 1 of his project - a work which places the recipient in an awkward space, somewhere between amusement and discomfort, enquiry and playfulness, delight and pessimism.

For the second stage of his project for the exhibition, he proposes to create a web page on which visitors may view his work for a prepaid fee of ¤10 (payable by PayPal to his bank account) - the same work which you received at 16:45pm on 23.01.2007.

Please find attached an example of how the artist suggests the final web page could look.

With very best regards,

Jonathan Petch B.A. (honours), A.C.A.

Über Jonathan David Petch

* 21. Juli 1969

2003-2006 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Professor Kiecol
1999-2003 Universität der Künste Berlin, Professor Petrick
1998-1999 City and Guilds of London Art School, London
1994-1999 Arbeit als Steuerberater, Carlton Communications plc, London
1990-1994 Ausbildung als Chartered Accountant, Arthur Andersen, London
1987-1990 Finance and Economics degree (B.A. (Honours)), Newcastle Business School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Künstlergruppen:
Mitglied der Künstlergruppe “Everything is all right” seit 2003

Austellungen von Jonathan David Petch

Austellungen:
Dez 2006 : "20 Jahre NAK", Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
Dez 2006 : "Are you ready Ray", Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf
April 2006 : "Wir waren mal Freunde gewesen", Düsseldorf
Okt 2005 – Jan 2006 : "I’m not a suicidor, I’m an investigator", Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
Aug 2005 : Videoinstallation “H” and “P”, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Jul 2005 : "Kleines Affektchen", Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Mai-Jun 2005 : "And the ship is sailing", Alte Volksbank, Borken
Apr 2004 : "Kagemusha", Center, Berlin
Feb 2004 : "Kleines Affektchen", Museum Bochum
Okt 2003 : "Paradies", im Bunker unter dem Alexander Platz, Berlin
Feb 2003 : "Useless Metamorphosis", 2yk Galerie, Berlin
Nov 2001-Jul 2002 : Objekt im offenen Raum im Auftrag der Britischen Botschaft, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin