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.
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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
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
Weserkurier 2014
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung 2014
Artforum 2014
Art World 2007
Parkett 2002 by Terry Myers
Parkett 2002 by Dave Eggers
Parkett 2002 by Bart Verschaffel
Time Out 2000
Frieze 2000
Flash Art 2000