Four to the Floor

"Four to the floor" refers to the steady 4/4 rhythm in which the kick drum hits every beat—a relentless, driving pulse that anchors the dancefloor. At once simple and forceful, it provides a constant structure that allows for variation, intensity, and disruption.

This exhibition at Keteleer Gallery translates that principle into painting. Four to the Floor brings together five artists who, each in their own way, work within—or against—systems of repetition, rhythm, and pictorial cadence. Their paintings operate like visual beats: at times strict and iterative, at others fractured and unstable, yet always carried by an underlying pulse.

Helmut Middendorf, Lemon-Song, 1992, Acrylic on paper, 100 x 70 cm - Courtesy Keteleer Gallery and the artist