Galerie Caroline O’Breen is delighted to present glitch, a solo exhibition of misha de ridder opening the new exhibition season on 7 September 2024.

Please join us and the artist for opening drinks on Saturday 7 Sept, 16–19 hrs.

misha de ridder (1971, NL) is a visual artist making conceptual photo and video work concerned with perception. His quiet images evoke contemplation and intimacy and invite viewers to look anew at what we consider known and to rethink our surroundings. Reality as an act of deep imagination.

In his latest works, stemming from photographs of erased graffiti, misha de ridder plays with the notions of destruction, generation, and transformation. glitch is a conceptual art project, a series of images that blur the lines between abstract painting, photography, animation, and protocol art. 

We live in an era heavily influenced by media representations, simulations, and digital experiences. “Substituting the signs of the real for the real” is a concept introduced by philosopher Jean Baudrillard. He argues that in modern society, the line between reality and these artificial worlds has become blurred.

The act of erasing can involve both destruction and generation, transformation and reimagination — allowing for new possibilities to emerge. glitch meditates on the idea of “unwanted information”. Graffiti is a subversive, spontaneous form of communication meant for the masses. Through the work of misha de ridder, it is transformed and reimagined. Information that has been erased becomes information again, randomness as a surrealist technique.