MICHAEL RAEDECKER


Since the 1990's Michael Raedecker (b. 1963) receives international recognition for his paintings depicting conventional forms such as landscapes, still-lifes, draperies, ruins or houses with a totally unconventional technique. His combination of classical painting and forms of sewing, stitching and embroidering allows a particular engagement with the way texture and physicality can determine a surface. The stitched threads structure his paintings, highlight details and function within the interaction of colour and imagery as both connecting and fragmenting means. Raedecker chooses familiar motifs, like everyday objects, fabrics or generic architecture to generate a certain atmosphere rather than to create a narrative context. Thus, his works develop a distinct formal language that uses figuration as an artistic means among others, leaving space for the viewer's own associations.

"Raedecker’s images are hand-embroidered onto washed-out grounds – all shadows, dust and pale ill light – that sprout occasional hairy clumps of fibre, or bear deep and fraying puncture wounds. Here and there, we encounter a paint drip, or its stitched double. As peripheral as they might seem, these meticulous, labour-intensive pictorial elements are key to understanding the artist’s playful way with temporality. A drip, of course, occurs in a split second, and is the product of accident or chance, while replicating it in thread is a long procedure that requires a measure of planning. […] If this is to some degree a joke about intention, its humour is deepened when we consider it in light of the traditional idea of the painterly genius, producer of single, unrepeatable brush strokes (the crinkled line of a smile, the fleck of light in the eye) that make the canvas come miraculously alive."

Tom Morton in Michael Raedecker, Galerie Max Hetzler and Holzwarth Publications, 2010

Image: blank, 2009, acrylic and thread on canvas, 134 x 110 cm.; 52 3/4 x 43 1/4 in.

Biography


VITA

1963

Born in Amsterdam


1990

BA Fashion Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam


1994

Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam


1997

MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London


Lives and works in London


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

British Art Council, London

Istanbul Modern, Istanbul

The Saatchi Gallery, London

Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek

Tate Britain, London

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Rabo Art Collection, Utrecht

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020

demo
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam


2019

parade
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam


2018

cntrl
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam


2016

camouflage
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam


2014


Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

Sprengel Museum, Hanover


2013

Tour
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (catalogue)

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York


2012

Hauser & Wirth, London


2010

Carré d'Art Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes

GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)


2009

Michael Raedecker: fix
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

Camden Arts Centre, London


2007

Hauser & Wirth, London, in collaboration with The Approach


2006

up
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York


2005

show
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich (catalogue)

Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin


2004

forevernevermore
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (catalogue)

Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennesee


2003

that's the way it is
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York


2002

sensoria
The Approach, London

instinction
Centro Nazionale per le Arte Contemporaneo, Rome;
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (catalogue)


2001

instinctive travels
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York


2000

ins and outs
The Approach, London

tronies
One In The Other, London


1999

extract
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (catalogue)

outtakes
Michael Janssen Gallery, Cologne


1998

New Paintings
The Approach, London

Cover
Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam

Solo
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

Where is the Madness You Promised Me
Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill

Freedom - The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968

Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle

A Time Capsule Continued. Completing the two-part survey of all 270 works made by artists for Parkett - 1984 – 2017
Parkett Exhibition Space, Zürich


2018

Bild und Blick – Sehen in der Moderne
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen

Manifesta
Grimm Gallery in-house exhibition, Amsterdam

MAXXI Collection

MAXXI, Rome


2017

Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life
Guildhall Art Gallery, London


2015


Artists in Their Time
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul

Le fil rouge

Espace Louis Vuitton, Munich | Paris | Tokyo


2014

The Hidden Picture
Cobra Museum, Amtsleeven

Halftone: Through the Grid

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin


2013

REMEMBER  EVERYTHING
40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)

Cobra to Dumas. Collection De Heus-Zomer
Singer Museum, Laren

Still Life from 17th and 21st Century
Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, Velsen-Zuid


2012

Pencil and Paper
Poppy Sebire, London

Through an Open Window: Contemporary Art from the Rabo Art Collection
Institut Néerlandais, Paris


2011

Facade
National Glass Centre, Sunderland


2010

Art: curated by Michael Craig-Martin
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin (catalogue)

Michael Raedecker/Isa Melsheimer
Carré d´art - Musée d´art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes


2008

Always There
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)

Paintings: 1936-2008
The Approach W1, London


2007

Old School
Hauser & Wirth, London

Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative
Thomas Dane Gallery, London

Painting Now!
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Effigies
Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London


2006

Le Nouveau Siecle
Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam

The Trace of a Trace of a Trace
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York

»the sublime is now!« das erhabene in der zeitgenössischen kunst
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf

Imagination wird Wirklichkeit Teil III
Sammlung Goetz, Munich


2005

Imagination wird Wirklichkeit Teil II
Sammlung Goetz, Munich

The Triumph of Painting
Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue)

Landscape Confection
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (catalogue)

The Sacrifice - an intimate
De Beyerd, Breda (catalogue)


2004

Huts
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (catalogue)

About Painting
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, New York

The Biennale of Sydney (catalogue)

Other Times
City Gallery, Prague

Edge of the Real
Whitechapel, London

Nederland Niet Nederland
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven


2003

Dirty Pictures
The Approach, London

Painting Pictures; Painting and Media in the Digital Age
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg


2002

The Galleries Show
The Royal Academy, London

Landscape, a British Council International Touring Exhibition
The Saatchi Gallery

Sidewinder
touring exhibition in India, Centre of International Modern Art, Kalkata;
Habitat Centre, New Delhi;
Coomaraswwamy Hall, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai


2001

Landscape
Oscar Niemayers MOMA, Rio de Janeiro;
Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalogue)

Bloemheuvel
Biennale Di Venezia;
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (catalogue)

Painting at the Edge of the World
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis (catalogue)

Vantage Point
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (catalogue)

Far From Us
Annet Gellink Gallery, Amsterdam


2000

The Turner Prize
Tate Britain, London (catalogue)

Twisted, Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (catalogue)

The British Art Show 2000
Touring to Edinburgh, Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham

Landscape
ACC Galerie, Weimar and touring to: MOMA, Rio de Janeiro;
Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo;
Galeria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome (catalogue)

Peter Doig - Michael Raedecker
Galleria Raucci / SantaMaria, Naples

From a Distance: Landscape in Contemporary Art
ICA Boston, Boston


1999

John Moores 21
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1st prize winner) (catalogue)

6th Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, curated by Paulo Colombo (catalogue)

TroubleSpot
curated by Narcisse Tordoir / Luc Tuymans, MUHKA & NICC, Antwerp (catalogue)

Examining Pictures
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London;
MOCA, Chicago;
Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (catalogue)

Graceland's Palace
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

New Neurotic Realism
The Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue)

Mountain and Valley
Cubitt, London

Ways of Living
RMLT Project Space, Carlton

A Pallid House
Gallery W139, Amsterdam


1998

Graceland's Palace
Museum Le'Omanut, Ein Harod

Cluster Bomb
Morrison & Judd, London

Beige & Sneakers
Büro Friedrich, Berlin

Die Young, Stay Pretty
ICA, London (catalogue)

Home and Away
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York

Loose Threads
Serpentine Gallery, London

Sunshine Breakfast
Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monographs

Wilhelm Hack Museum / Reinhard Spieler (Ed.): Michael Raedecker. Tour, Cologne 2014

Maxine 
Hodsdon, Anne-Marie Watson (Eds.), Michael Raedecker. line-up, Camden Arts Centre, London 2009


Hauser & Wirth Zürich (Ed.), Michael Raedecker. Show , Zurich 2005

Salzburger Kunstverein (Ed.), Michael Raedecker. Forevernevermore, Salzburg 2004


Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Centro nazionale per le arti contemporanee (Eds.), Michael Raedecker – Instinction, Basel/Roma 2002

Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum (Ed.), Michael Raedecker, Extract, Eindhoven 1999


Others

Espace Louis Vuitton (Ed.): le fil rouge, Tokyo 2015

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Halftone: Through the Grid, Berlin, Paris 2014

Charlotte 
Bonham-Carter, David Hodge: The Contemporary Art Book, p. 188, London 2009

Mark 
Welzel (Ed.): 200 Artworks 25 Years Artists’ Editions for Parkett, Zurich 2009


Kunsthalle Rotterdam (Ed.): Leve de Schilderkunst! Terug naar de figuur, pp. 154-155, Rotterdam 2007


Saatchi Gallery (Ed.): The Triumph of Painting, London 2005

Helen 
Molesworth: Landscape Confection, pp. 50-53, Columbus 2005


The Douglas Hyde Gallery (Ed.): Huts, Dublin 2005

Carlos, Isabel (Ed.): Biennale of Sydney 2004. On Reason and Emotion, pp. 178-181, Sidney 2004

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Ed.): Painting Pictures: Painting and Media in the Digital Age, Wolfsburg 2003

Valérie Breuvart (Ed.): Vitamin P. New Perspectives in Painting, London 2002

Douglas 
Fogle (Ed.): Painting at the Edge of World, pp. 322-325, Minneapolis 2001


Irish Museum of Modern Art (Ed.): Vantage Point, Dubiln 2001

Jaap 
Guldemond, Marente Bloemheuvel (Eds.): Post-Nature: Nine Dutch Artists. 49. Biennale Di Venezia catalogue, Eindhoven 2001

Saatchi Gallery (Ed.): New Labour, London 2001


Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum (Ed.): Twisted, Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting, Eindhoven 2000

Louisa Buck (Ed.): Moving Targets 2, A User’s Guide to British Art Now, London 2000


Hayward Gallery (Ed.): The British Art Show 5, pp. 110-111, London 2000

Ann 
Gallagher (Ed.): Landscape, London 1999

Die Young, Stay Pretty, Washington 1999

Francesco 
Bonami, Judith Nesbitt (Eds.): Examining Pictures, p.34, London 1999

Narcisse Tordoir, Luc Tuymans, et al.: Trouble Spot. Painting, Antwerp 1999

6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul 1999


Walker Art Gallery (ed.): John Moores 21, Liverpool 1999

Dick Price: The New Neurotic Realisim, London 1998


Others

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Halftone: Through the Grid, Berlin 2014

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): REMEMBER  EVERYTHING : 40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2014

Hans Werner Holzwarth (Ed.): Art Now Vol. 4., Köln 2013

Emily Gordts: Modieuze schildervlijt, in: qunst, p. 87, Amsterdam October 2009


B.v.P: Netherlands: Michael Raedecker: Line-up, in: The Art Newspaper, p. 54, London July/August 2009

Ben 
Luke: Michael Raedecker. Beauty in Ruins, in: Art World, pp. 32-37, London December 2007/January 2008

Grace Glueck: ‘Art in Review. Michael Raedecker’, in: New York Times, New York 17 March 2006


Hauser & Wirth Zurich. Michael Raedecker, in: The Art Newspaper, p. 8
, New York 17 June 2005

Johanna Burton: Michael Raedecker, in: Artforum, p. 171, New York October 2003

Kira 
Van Lil: Basel: Michael Raedecker – “instinction”. Versiegelte Orte, in: art, pp. 86-87, Hamburg Feburary 2003

Lisa Prior: Michael Raedecker in: Flash Art, vol. XXXV, no. 227, pp. 104-105, Milan November-December 2002

Michael Raedecker, Laura Owens, John Currin, in: Parkett, no. 65, pp. 96-135, Zurich September 2002

Terry R. Myers: No Place Like Homeless. Unvergleichlich Heimatlos, in: Parkett, no. 65, pp. 108-123, Zurich 2002

Michelle Nicol: Die Jetzt-Idee: Stickerei. The Now Idea: Embroidery, in: Parkett, no. 59, pp. 199-205, Zurich 2000

Rachel 
Withers: Better Tate, in: Artforum, vol. XXXIX, no. 1, p. 73, New York September 2000

Patricia 
Ellis: Michael Raedecker. International Man Of Mystery, in: Flash Art, pp. 80-86, vol. XXXIII, no. 212, Milan May/June 2000


Simon 
Morrisey: Yesterday’s Tomorrow, in: Contemporary Visual Arts, London 1999

Louisa Buck: The best of 1998, in: Artforum, pp. 112-113, New York December 1998



Publications


HALFTONE

Darren Almond, Tauba Auerbach, Mark Barrow & Sarah Parke, Jeff Elrod, John Houck, Navid Nuur, Albert Oehlen, Michael Raedecker, Tursic & Mille, Kelley Walker, Christopher Wool, Toby Ziegler

Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin | Paris 2014
With a text by Pierre-Nicolas Bounakoff

€ 15.00

REMEMBER EVERYTHING

Darren Almond, Glenn Brown, André Butzer, Rineke Dijkstra, Günther Förg, Mona Hatoum, Jeff Koons, Vera Lutter, Marepe, Beatriz Milhazes, Ernesto Neto, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Michael Raedecker, Bridget Riley, Thomas Struth, Rebecca Warren, Christopher Wool, Toby Ziegler

Galerie Max Hetzler / Holzwarth Publications / Ridinghouse, Berlin and London 2014
With texts by Julie Sylvester and Jean-Marie Gallais
Edited by Jean-Marie Gallais

€ 45.00

Michael Raedecker

Galerie Max Hetzler / Holzwarth Publications, Berlin 2010
With a text by Tom Morton

€ 35.00

Always There

Haluk Akakçe, André Butzer, Günther Förg, Mark Grotjahn, Arturo Herrera, Sarah Morris, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Michael Raedecker, Anselm Reyle, Kay Rosen, Kelley Walker, Christopher Wool

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2008
With a text by Gudrun Inboden

€ 40.00

Selected Press


The Independent 2016

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Weserkurier 2014

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Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung 2014

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Artforum 2014

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Art World 2007

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Parkett 2002 by Terry Myers

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Parkett 2002 by Dave Eggers

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Parkett 2002 by Bart Verschaffel

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Time Out 2000

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Frieze 2000

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Flash Art 2000

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