John Chilver

Michael Raedecker, the acclaimed Dutch artist, records the memories held within spaces and objects in his enigmatic and dream-like painting. 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 handsews forms into textural materiality. Since the beginningof 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 this work, the most comprehensive pûblihed to date, featuring essays by a unique and diverse group of critics, curators, artists, and academics.