DA N I E L R A E D E K E New Paintings
bruno david gallery
DANIEL RAEDEKE New Paintings
November 1 - November 30, 2013 Bruno David Gallery 3721 Washington Boulevard Saint Louis, 63108 Missouri, U.S.A. info@brunodavidgallery.com www.brunodavidgallery.com Director: Bruno L. David This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition DANIEL RAEDEKE: NEW PAINTINGS Editor: Bruno L. David Catalog Designer: Yuwei Qiu Design Assistant: Claudia R. David Printed in USA All works courtesy of Bruno David Gallery and Daniel Raedeke Cover image: Alpha Beta (detail) 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Copyright Š 2013 Bruno David Gallery, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of Bruno David Gallery, Inc.
CONTENTS
DANIEL RAEDEKE: NEW PAINTINGS by Lona Moody AFTERWORD by Bruno L. David CHECKLIST AND IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION BIOGRAPHY
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DANIEL RAEDEKE: NEW PAINTINGS by Lona Moody 2
Although the visual range of Painting is infinite, we seldom see its definition truly tested in practice. In Daniel Raedeke’s newest exhibition titled “New Paintings,” however, he shows us just how far Painting can reach. Raedeke takes an entirely new approach to painting through a method that requires as much skill as it does experimentation of technique. Through an application of thin, translucent layers of acrylic paint that are then cut and applied onto canvas after they have dried, Raedeke uses a collaging process to create and convey the abstraction we see. In some of the pieces, he draws our attention to the paint itself through brushwork and similar handmade qualities, while in others, it looks as if the image could have been created digitally. This basis in process, however, is only a part of what makes Raedeke’s “New Paintings” so engaging. Bold and whimsical, each of the works in this series is geometrically dominant and nonobjective in its form. Raedeke balances the shapes, colors, and compositions to bring a beautifully suited variety to the exhibition as a whole that simultaneously references both Modernism and digitally rendered art. However, in spite of this, the work does not rely on any sort of deep-rooted commentary. It is primarily self-referential in being about its process. Many components of these works are playing off one another to make Raedeke’s pieces so refreshing. Colors range from monochromatic to black and white to vibrantly vast in color. Even the canvas on which the shapes lie vary in color: some white, solidly colored or left natural. By careful consideration of shapes, color, composition, pattern, and even outline, Raedeke creates a body of work that is as smart as it is captivating. We see layers overlapping, translucent colors blending into and changing one another, different shapes scattered across canvases, letting our eyes play. Some pieces, like “Field Work,” have an organized feel to them; they are consistent in the choice of shapes, which are bold and outlined, and the shapes’ positioning and spacing are even and specific. Others, like “Wall,” are more chaotic in their arrangement, with delicate shades and layering resulting from the translucent acrylics. It is the combination of the two polarizations that cultivates such an exciting whole. But regardless of the differences, neither approach feels random. Every shape on every piece was laid with purpose and intentionality, and that certainly comes across. Although Raedeke’s works are often geometric in form and conceptually smart, his “New Paintings” take these characteristics to a new level and are undoubtedly innovative. He has challenged the convention of painting and in doing so, created a beautifully fun series. It will be with bated breath that we wait to see what artistic vision he shows us next.
Lona Moody is a writer who lives and works in St. Louis. She is a graduate of Truman State University. This essay is one in a series of the gallery’s exhibitions written by fellow gallery artists and friends.
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AFTERWORD by Bruno L. David 4
I am pleased to present a new exhibition titled “New Paintings� by Daniel Raedeke at the Bruno David Gallery. Daniel Raedeke continues his interest in blurring the definition of painting through an examination of process and focused experiments in technique. With his new paintings, Raedeke has created a stripped-down handmade vocabulary of abstraction. The paintings are a nostalgic acoustic soundtrack of pattern, shape and composition that evoke modernism, paper assemblage, collage, craft and layered digital imaging. Raedeke both emphasizes and deemphasizes the paint, exploiting the innate characteristics of acrylic by transferring thin translucent veneers of paint to the canvas. At times, the brushwork and painterly handmade approach is accentuated while at other times the process is obscured. The result is a sort of modernist Colorforms through a seemingly random combination of fragments and polygons that are realized across a series of filters such as color transparencies, outlines, cell shades, and wire frames. The effect is to make the paintings appear simultaneously hand fabricated and digitally printed. Inspired by motion sequences and wireframes of animations he produced, Raedeke pares down earlier digital and painted works to their primitive parts, layering the shapes into composites that reference both modernism and computer generated layering. Daniel Raedeke lives and works in St. Louis. He received his MFA from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville in 2000. Raedeke has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the U.S. Support for the creation of significant new works of art has been the core to the mission and program of the Bruno David Gallery since its founding in 2005. I would like to express my sincere thanks Lona Moody for her thoughtful essay. I am deeply grateful to Yuwei Qiu, who gave much time, talent, and expertise to the production of this catalogue. Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Cleo Azariadis, Lona Moody, Yuwei Qiu, Sophie Lipman, Yoko Kiyoi, and Alex Lasko.
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CHECKLIST & IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION
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Alpha Beta, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
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Mecca, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 30 inches (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
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Tomorrowland, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 22 inches (50.8 x 55.88 cm)
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Recognition, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 22 x 22 inches (55.88 x 55.88 cm)
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Wall, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 22 x 22 inches (55.88 x 55.88 cm)
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Anticipate, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 22 x 22 inches (55.88 x 55.88 cm)
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Sunny Day, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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Whole and Sum, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 14 x 20 inches (35.56 x 50.8 cm)
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Element, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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Blue Day, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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Remix, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
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Interplay, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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Sound of the Crowd, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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The Sort, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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Annex, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 28 x 28 inches (71.12 x 71.12 cm)
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Readymade, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 60.96cm)
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Field Work, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 36 inches (76.2 x 91.44 cm)
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Cloud, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
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Reset, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 14 x 14 inches (35.56 x 35.56 cm)
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Move and Rotate, 2013 Acrylic and ink on canvas 18 x 18 inches (45.72 x 45.72 cm)
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Happiness is Easy, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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Saga, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 22 x 22 inches (55.88 x 55.88 cm)
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Wave One, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 24 inches (121.92 x 60.96 cm)
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Playback, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 inches (60.96 x 50.8 cm)
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Melody, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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Sound Track, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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DANIEL RAEDEKE Lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri EDUCATION M.F.A
2000. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 2006 2004 2003 2001 2000
Bruno David Gallery, New Paintings, Saint Louis, Missouri (catalogue) Bruno David Gallery, The Things that Paintings are Made of, Saint Louis, Missouri Bruno David Gallery, Magasin, Saint Louis, Missouri (catalogue) Laumeier Sculpture Park: The Kranzberg Exhibition Series, Always Almost New, St. Louis, Missouri Byron Roche Gallery, Painting a Better Future for You, Chicago, Illinois Kroma Space, Painting a Better Future for You, St. Louis, Missouri Kroma, PAINT_INGS, St. Louis, Missouri New Wagner Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Edwardsville, Illinois The Gallery, Analog B-Sides, University City Library, Missouri
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007
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BLUE-WHITE-RED, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri W.O.P. I, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri Gallery Artists, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri The Path of Most Resistance: Alexis Harding, Daniel Raedeke, Elizabeth Mclntosh and Nestor Kruger, Curated by Charles Reeve, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada Overview_09, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri Overview_08, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri ArtsDesire, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Overview_07, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Artists At La Esquina, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. St. Louis Painters, Curated by Douglass Freed, Daum Museum, Sedalia, Missouri
2006 PERSONAL LOGICS/approaches to the abstract, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri. Curated by Matthew Strauss (with Ernest Trova, Eva Lundsager, Jerald Ieans, Brandon Anschultz) Overview, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. Selections from the Contemporary’s Flat Files, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Missouri 2005 Inaugural Exhibition, Bruno David gallery, St. Louis, Missouri Adaptation Syndrome: Painting in Contemporary Image Culture, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, Virginia Arts Desire, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Missouri 2003 Art Chicago, Byron Roche Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois 2002 Art Cache, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Missouri Museum of Art and Telfair Museum 305.21 Miles: The Distance Between Us, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri 2001 Seven Saint Louis Painters, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Moody, Lona Happe, Amanda Freed, Douglass Sieloff, Alison Beall, Hugh and Griffin, William Strauss, Matthew Cooper, Ivy. Bonetti, David. Krone, Thomas. Beall, Hugh. Miller, Rob. Beall, Hugh and Griffin, William Bonetti, David. Sieloff, Alison. Bonetti, David. Lombardi, Dominick. Murphy, Anne. Watkin, Mel. Cooper, Ivy. Bonetti, David. Friswold, Paul. Cooper, Ivy. Sieloff, Alison. Schroeder, Ivy. Schroeder, Ivy. Keller, Margaret.
“Daniel Raedeke: New Paintings.” Bruno David Gallery Publications (Catalogue), December 2013 “The Gallery Couldn’t Resist”, Torontoist, July 15, 2009 “St. Louis Painters.” Daum Museum Publications (Catalogue), 2007 “Art Shop”, Riverfront Times, October 12, 2006 “Bruno David Gallery: Daniel Raedeke”, Illusion Junkie, October, 2006. Video Documentary “Daniel Raedeke: Magasin.” Bruno David Gallery Publications (Catalogue), October 2006 “Bruno David Gallery: Inaugural Exhibition”, Riverfront Times, November 9, 2005. “Bruno David Gallery”, St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 9, 2005 “Bruno David Gallery”, 52nd City, October 2005, http://blog.52ndcity.com/archives “The Bruno buzz”, West End Word, October 26, 2005 “Bruno David Gallery: Inaugural Exhibition”, Saintlouisart, October 25, 2005 “Bruno David Gallery: Inaugural Exhibition”, Illusion Junkie, October 25, 2005. Video Documentary “Bruno David Gallery: Inaugural Exhibition”, St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 20, 2005 “Grand Grand Center”, Riverfront Times, October 19, 2005 “Gallery musical chairs”, St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 1, 2005 “Adaptation Syndrome: Painting in Contemporary Image Culture”, NY ARTS, 2005 “Art News”, The Healthy Planet, September 2005, http://www.thehealthyplanet.com/sept05_artfulliving.htm “Daniel Raedeke at Laumeier Sculpture Park”, Art in America, April 2005. “Raedeke: Beta”, Laumeier Sculpture Park Catalog, June 2004 “New Fun by Raedeke”, St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 27, 2004 “Post-Post-Modern Man, The Riverfront Times, June 9, 2004 “Surviving St. Louis”, Art Papers, May/June 2004. “Raedikal”, The Riverfront Times, May 7, 2003 “Painting’s One-Man Show: Daniel Raedeke’s Paintings, Art Papers, May-June 2002 “Daniel Raedeke, New Art Examiner, January/February 2002. “Delicious colors from Raedeke’s Innovative Work, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 21, 2001.
ARTISTS Laura Beard Martin Brief Lisa K. Blatt Shawn Burkard Bunny Burson Carmon Colangelo Alex Couwenberg Jill Downen Yvette Drury Dubinsky Beverly Fishman
Richard Hull Kim Humphries Ellen Jantzen Michael Jantzen Kelley Johnson Howard Jones (Estate) Chris Kahler Bill Kohn (Estate) Leslie Laskey Peter Marcus
Judy Pfaff Daniel Raedeke Tom Reed Chris Rubin de la Borbolla Frank Schwaiger Charles Schwall Christina Shmigel Thomas Sleet Buzz Spector Cindy Tower
Damon Freed Douglass Freed Joan Hall
Patricia Olynyk Gary Passaniser
Mario Trejo Ken Worley
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