Michael Raedecker records the memories held within spaces and objects in his enigmatic and dream-like paintings. Suburban homes, tree houses and empty rooms and vacant chairs, all float in haunting isolation. Muted hues are penetrated with thread and needle where the artist hand-sews forms into textural materiality. Raedecker mines art history and popular culture, sourcing compositions from 17th-century garland paintings, obscure magazines, and film stills.
Since the beginning of his career as a painter Raedecker has incorporated embroidery into his works as a visual counterpoint to his washed-out paint application. His elaborate needlework adds linear definition to representational forms and the thread and paint visually mix together in areas of dense detail or abstraction. The absence or suggested loss of human presence invites the viewer to contemplate architecture as a mental or emotional space, where the domestic realm is detached from practical implications, yet deeply personal. Images of flowers, food and textiles with darkly ambiguous titles bring the domestic associations of his stitching into play with his subject matter, and show his interest in the Dutch tradition of still-life and Vanitas paintings. Raedecker’s distinct formal language explores the relationship between the formless, complex nature of our emotions and the vessels we use to contain them.
A major solo museum survey at the Kunstmuseum The Hague is forthcoming in Spring 2024, as well as a comprehensive publication on the work of Michael Raedecker from Phaidon, available June, 2023. This landmark catalogue spans his 30-year career, with contributions from Kate Zambreno, Laura McLean-Ferris, Martin Herbert, John Chilver, Stuart Cumberland and Claudia Swan.
Michael Raedecker (b. 1963 in Amsterdam, NL) currently lives and works in London (UK). He received his BA in Fashion Design from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL), and continued his studies at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL) as well as Goldsmiths College, London (UK). In 2000, Raedecker was shortlisted for the Turner Prize.
His work can be found in the collections of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL); ABN AMRO Art Collection (NL); AkzoNobel Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL); Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US); Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (NO); British Council, London (UK); THE EKARD COLLECTION; He Art Museum, Foshan (CN); ENECO Art Collection, Utrecht (NL); Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (US); ING Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL); Istanbul Modern Collection, Istanbul (TR); Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL); MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome (IT); Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL); De Nederlandsche Bank (NL); Rabo Art Collection (NL); Tate, London (UK); Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK) as well as in many private collections.
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Michael Raedecker
amplifier 13 Apr - 20 May 2023 GRIMM 2 Bourdon Street, London (UK) -
Michael Raedecker
now 4 Mar - 16 Apr 2022 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
Someone said that the world's a stage
Curated by Margot Samel 1 Jul - 6 Aug 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
54 White Street | Inaugural exhibition
GRIMM's new gallery in Tribeca 20 Mar - 17 Apr 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US)Join us in March 2021 for the grand opening of GRIMM's new space in Tribeca at 54 White Street. For more further information, please email info@grimmgallery.comRead more -
Michael Raedecker
demo 5 Jun - 11 Jul 2020 GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL)A new solo exhibition by Michael Raedecker at GRIMM, Van Baerlestraat 80 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Read more -
Frieze New York
Group presentation 8 - 16 May 2020 GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL)Frieze presentation at GRIMM's new Van Baerlestraat 80 location in Amsterdam.Read more -
Michael Raedecker
parade 3 May - 23 Jun 2019 GRIMM 202 Bowery, New York, NY (US) -
Freedom | Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968
Group exhibition, curated by Hans den Hartog Jager 18 Jan - 12 May 2019 Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle (NL), Other locationsFreedom – The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968 is an ambitious and somewhat unconventional project will feature the fifty ‘key artworks’, the leading works produced in the Netherlands over...Read more -
Pop-up GRIMM Brussels
Group Exhibition 18 Apr - 5 May 2018 Ravensteinstraat 44, Brussels (BE), Other locations -
Michael Raedecker
cntrl 10 Mar - 28 Apr 2018 GRIMM Keizersgracht 241, Amsterdam (NL) -
Michael Raedecker
camouflage 18 Mar - 22 Apr 2016 Frans Halsstraat 26, Amsterdam (NL), Other locations
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The Top 6 Art Exhibitions To See In London In Late May
Tabish Khan, FAD Magazine, May 13, 2023 -
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now
John Vincler, The New York Times, March 17, 2022 -
Michael Raedecker - "now"
Noah Dillon, The Guide, March 15, 2022 -
Galerie Grimm toont onheilspellende werken van Michael Raedecker (in Dutch)
Jan Pieter Ekker, Het Parool, June 12, 2020 -
Die andere wereld voelde echt (in Dutch)
Het Parool, June 21, 2019 -
Michael Raedecker
Collect, April 1, 2018 -
'Je zit toch in een soort ivoren toren' (in Dutch)
Jan Pieter Ekker, Het Parool, March 11, 2018 -
Previewed
ArtReview, March 1, 2018 -
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, June 20, 2016 -
Kunstuur – Roni Horn en Michael Raedecker
NPO, April 10, 2016 -
De Slapers
Judith Boessen, Mister Motley, April 7, 2016 -
Michael Raedecker maakt nu spookbeelden in nepbont (in Dutch)
Lucette ter Borg, NRC, April 7, 2016 -
Michael Raedecker verheft simpele zaken tot kunst
Emmie Kollau, VPRO, March 19, 2016 -
Michael Raedecker, artist: 'You're in the studio every day and you want to keep things lively and interesting'
Karen Wright, Independent, February 25, 2016 -
UNRAVELING IDEALS: MICHAEL RAEDECKER AT ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY
Brian Fee, New American Paintings, September 7, 2013 -
Michael Raedecker
Leanne Cloudsdale, AnOther Magazine, April 5, 2012 -
Michael Raedecker’s Threaded Canvasses Depict Tattered Realities
HuffPost, March 7, 2012 -
The Low Countries. Jaargang 19
Frank van der Ploeg, The Low Countires, Issue 19, January 1, 2011 -
Ik blijf een Nederlander in het buitenland’ Video interview met Michael Raedecker
Erik van Tuijn, Metropolis M, September 24, 2009 -
Zonder titel had ook gekund (in Dutch)
Robbert Welagen, De Groene Amsterdammer, August 19, 2009 -
Borduren in betongrijs (in Dutch)
Sandra Smallenburg, NRC, July 9, 2009 -
Beauty in Ruins
Art World, Issue 2, December 1, 2007 -
Art in Review; Michael Raedecker
Grace Glueck, The New York Times, March 17, 2006 -
Michael Raedecker
Lee Triming, Flash Art, October 1, 2005 -
Michael Raedecker at Andrea Rosen
Melissa Kuntz, Art in America, March 1, 2004 -
Michael Raedecker
Johanna Burton, Artforum, October 1, 2003 -
Michael Raedecker
Martin Herbert, Tema Celeste 94, November 1, 2002 -
Dirty Pictures
Bart Verschaffel, Parkett, Issue 65, January 1, 2002 -
‘NSIDE ART; A Prize That Prickles
Carol Vogel, The New York Times, December 1, 2000 -
Flatland
Kate Bush, Frieze, September 10, 2000 -
Raedecker bij Turner Prize genomineerd (in Dutch)
Hans Steketee, NRC, June 15, 2000 -
Material Success
Simon Grant, The Evening Standard, March 16, 2000 -
Michael Raedecker: International Man of Mystery
Patricia Ellis, Flash Art, March 1, 2000 -
Images hanging by a thread
Richard Cork, The Times, September 20, 1999
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Michael Raedecker John Chilver, 2020hardcover, 64 pagesRead more
Publisher: GRIMM Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN: 978-90-813137-8-0
Dimensions: 22 x 15 cm | 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in -
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Michael Raedecker Authors: Dominic van den Boogerd, Laura Hoptman
Design: Patrick Roppel, 2009Hardcover, 83 pagesRead more
Publisher: Camden Arts Centre, London (UK)
Dimensions: 31 x 25 cm | 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 in -
Michael Raedecker
Authors: Tom Morton
Design: Hans Werner Holzwarth, 2010Hardcover, 44 pagesRead more
Publisher: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (DE)
Dimensions: 31.5 x 30 cm | 12 3/8 x 11 3/4 in -
Michael Raedecker (Pre-order)
everything, but not everything 2023Hardback, 304 pagesRead more
Publisher: Phaidon
ISBN: 9781838666958
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Michael Raedecker Essay by CaoimhÌn Mac Giolla Lèith
Design: Studio Achermann, 2005Hardcover, 56 pagesRead more
Publisher: Scalo Publishers | Hauser & Wirth, Zürich (CH)
ISBN: 03039390376
Dimensions: 28 x 24 cm | 11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in -
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Michael Raedecker Authors: Jörg Heiser, Astrid Ihre, Reinhard Spieler
Design: Hans Werner Holzwarth, 2014Hardcover, 104 pagesRead more
Publisher: Wienand Verlag, Köln (DE)
Dimensions: 33 x 24 cm | 13 x 9 1/2 in
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VPRO Nooit Meer Slapen Podcast (in Dutch)
Michael Raedecker June 4, 2020Pieter van der Wielen in conversation with Michael Raedecker (in Dutch)Read more -
Michael Raedecker featured in Vitamin T: Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art
Michael Raedecker April 9, 2019A global survey of more than 100 artists, chosen by art-world professionals for their work with threads, stitching, and textiles Celebrating tapestry, embroidery, stitching, textiles,...Read more -
Willem Weismann & Michael Raedecker in group exhibition “De Meest Eigentijdse Schilderijen Tentoonstelling” at Dordrechts Museum (NL)
July 1, 2018 Read more