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Michael Raedecker

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Michael Raedecker presents a thorough exploration of the Dutch artist's 30-year career, showcasing his distinctive paintings that blend dream-like imagery with tactile embroidery. His works depict suburban homes, tree houses, and vacant interiors imbued with a haunting stillness, where muted colours meet hand-stitched textures, creating a unique visual dialogue between paint and thread.

Designed by Irma Boom, this comprehensive survey includes insightful essays by critics, curators, artists, and academics, offering a deep understanding of Raedecker's artistic evolution and techniques.
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The most comprehensive survey of the celebrated Dutch artist Michael Raedecker’s work spanning his 30-year career

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The most comprehensive survey of the celebrated Dutch artist Michael Raedecker’s work spanning his 30-year career.

Michael Raedecker, the acclaimed Dutch artist, 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.

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. This survey of his work, designed by the acclaimed Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom, is the most comprehensive published to date, featuring essays by a unique and diverse group of critics, curators, artists, and academics.

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Noah Becker of Whitehot Magazine praises the book's exceptional production quality, recommending it as an essential addition to any serious art book collection.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838666958

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 1552g

Pages: 304

About the Author

John Chilver is a visual artist based in London, UK.

Martin Herbert is a writer and critic based in Berlin, Germany.

Laura McLean-Ferris is an art writer and curator based in Turin, Italy and New York.

The artist Michael Raedecker lives and works in London. His work can be found in major collections worldwide, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Kunstmuseum, The Hague; Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; Tate, London; amongst others, as well as in many private collections.

Professor Claudia Swan is the Inaugural Mark Steinberg Weil Professor of Art History at Washington University in St Louis.

Kate Zambreno is an American novelist, essayist, critic, and professor.

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