Fiona Rae
Row Paintings
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| Editor(s) | Buchmann Galerie |
| Author(s) | Terry R. Myers |
| Design | Peter Willberg |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Size | 24,5 x 28 cm |
| Pages | 56 |
| Illustrations | 25 |
| Language(s) | German, English |
| ISBN | 978-3-96912-041-5 |
Elements of Energy and Complexity
Fiona Rae’s (b. Hong Kong, 1963; lives and works in London) abstract paintings attracted the attention of broad audiences when she participated in the legendary exhibition Freeze at London’s Docklands in 1988. It put her on the map as an early member of the group known as Young British Artists, who would revolutionize not only the English art world. To this day, Rae’s distinctive creations, which are rooted in a conceptual engagement with the problems and potentials of abstract painting, have remained prominent and seminal contributions to the field. In 2011, she was appointed professor of painting at the Royal Academy, one of the first women to hold this position. The catalogue is the first to feature the most important pictures from this period: the Row Paintings. They mark the inception of the artist’s internationally acclaimed oeuvre. An essay by Terry R. Myers offers an appraisal of the Row Paintings’ significance in their historic context as well as the contemporary discourse of painting.
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Fiona Rae’s (b. Hong Kong, 1963; lives and works in London) abstract paintings attracted the attention of broad audiences when she participated in the legendary exhibition Freeze at London’s Docklands in 1988. It put her on the map as an early member of the group known as Young British Artists, who would revolutionize not only the English art world. To this day, Rae’s distinctive creations, which are rooted in a conceptual engagement with the problems and potentials of abstract painting, have remained prominent and seminal contributions to the field. In 2011, she was appointed professor of painting at the Royal Academy, one of the first women to hold this position. The catalogue is the first to feature the most important pictures from this period: the Row Paintings. They mark the inception of the artist’s internationally acclaimed oeuvre. An essay by Terry R. Myers offers an appraisal of the Row Paintings’ significance in their historic context as well as the contemporary discourse of painting.
Additional information
| | |
|---|---|
| Editor(s) | Buchmann Galerie |
| Author(s) | Terry R. Myers |
| Design | Peter Willberg |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Size | 24,5 x 28 cm |
| Pages | 56 |
| Illustrations | 25 |
| Language(s) | German, English |
| ISBN | 978-3-96912-041-5 |
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