Fiona Rae
John Good Gallery
The much-anticipated solo debut of this abstract painter from London underscored the fundamental difference between an artist whose work stands out in the context of a group show and one who maintains our interest throughout an exhibition. Though the premise of Fiona Rae’s work has become almost a cliche of post-Modernismthe polyglot “stacking” of styles and techniques within a single visual field—when the standoff between quotation and invention reaches a certain level of intensity, the collage effect is completely convincing. Precise, witty, yet almost freewheeling in its energy, a canvas