Fiona Rae\u2019s (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<\/em> at London\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\u00a0The catalogue is the first to feature the most important pictures from this period: the Row Paintings<\/em>. They mark the inception of the artist\u2019s internationally acclaimed oeuvre. An essay by Terry R. Myers offers an appraisal of the Row Paintings<\/em>\u2019 significance in their historic context as well as the contemporary discourse of painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elements of Energy and Complexity<\/strong><\/p>\n Fiona Rae\u2019s (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<\/em> at London\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\u00a0The catalogue is the first to feature the most important pictures from this period: the Row Paintings<\/em>. They mark the inception of the artist\u2019s internationally acclaimed oeuvre. An essay by Terry R. Myers offers an appraisal of the Row Paintings<\/em>\u2019 significance in their historic context as well as the contemporary discourse of painting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15375,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2213],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15384","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-painting","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n