“Timʈi Têlr Galri z dlîtd t anâns its forʈ sôlo xbišn bî Britiš ātist Fiona Rei.

Ɖs ny siriz v gre-scêl pêntñz fṛm 2014–15 mācs an xîtñ n significnt dveḷpmnt in Rei’z practis. Č pêntñ’z comṗzišn predicets a nošnl figr, huz xistns z simlteňsli manifstd n dnîd in a ʈiytr v drct pfwmtv māc-mcñ. Ɖz r abstract comṗzišnz tītrñ on ɖ ej v fiğrešn, xpresvli rendrd in blac, ẇît n tônz v gre.

Wɖn ɖs rigṛs n stṛtījic sistm v hy-rduẋn n sutl baḷnsñ v tônl rlešnšps, Rei hz nvrɖls crietd an intnsli culrfl n dnamic swìt v pêntñz ɖt imbodi bʈ ɖ trôps v hî modnist îdiylizm n ɖ distnst mnipylešnz v a Fôtošop-inflctd preznt.

Alñsd ɖz pêntñz, a siriz v sml-scêl čācoldrōñz wl b šôn – a ny xpresv mīdı̣m fr ɖ ātist – n wn upn ẇč hr wit n restls invnšn r brwt dṛmatcli t ber. Inspîrd bî a vrayti v swsz, fṛm Čen Roñ’z ʈrtīnʈ-senčri Nîn Dragnz t Robt Râšnbrg’z Irezd d’Cūnñ Drōñ (1953), Rei čaḷnjd hrslf t fînd a we v rprizntñ ɖ figr ɖt sinʈsîzd its historicl tṛdišnz wɖ ɖ cntmprri xistnšl xpirı̣ns v slf:

I wntd t b d’Cūnñ mcñ a Wmn drōñ or pêntñ, n at ɖ sem tîm I wntd t b Râšnbrg irezñ it. Ɖt sīmd t m t b ɖ prfct ansr t ɖ probḷm v alawñ wnslf t mc a drōñ v a figr wɖt dṣpirñ intu ɖ past. Dwñ it n undwñ it untl sm cnd v imij jst abt arîvz. Wɖ ɖ pêntñz, I hd ɖ sem nošn v irežr, ẇl at ɖ sem tîm bʈ loññ t mc a figr apir n wšñ t rmen in ɖ fīld v abstraẋn. (Fiona Rei in convsešn wɖ Mātin Hrbt, 2015)

‘Drawing (figure 5a)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5b)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5c)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5d)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5e)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5f)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5g)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5h)’, 2014

‘Drawing (figure 5i)’, 2014

Fiona Rei grajuetd fṛm Goldsmiʈs Colij, Lundn in 1987; tc pāt in ɖ grând-brêcñ xbišn Frīz in Lundn’z Docḷndz in 1988 n wz šwtlistd fr ɖ Trnr Prîz in 1991. Ovr ɖ last 25 yirz, Rei’z wrc hz bn includd in nymṛs xbišnz in myziymz, public instityšnz n gaḷriz wrldwîd. Grūpxbišnz includ Hîbridz, Têt Livpul, YC (2001); Pêntñ Picčrz, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Jrṃni (2003); Fiẋn@Luv, Šañhî Myziym v Cntmprri Āt, Čîna n Sngpor Ātmyziym (2006); Pictgramz, Kunstmuseum Stuttgāt, Jrṃni (2006); Clasifîd, Têt Britn, Lundn, YC (2009). Sôlo xbišnz includ Carré d’Art, Museé d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Frans (2002–3); Līdz Ātgaḷri, YC; Ɖ Ny Ātgaḷri Wōlswl, YC; Tânr, Īsbwn, YC (2012–13); n Pêntr, Pêntr: Dan Prfct, Fiona Rei, Notñm Casl Myziym n Ātgaḷri, YC n Sâʈamtn Siti Ātgaḷri, YC (2014).

Fiona Rei’z wrc z rpṛzntd in public n prîvt c̣lẋnz inṭnašnli, includñ Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, Frans; Fundació “la Caixa”, Bāṣlona, Spên; Hamburger Bahnhof, Brlin, Jrṃni; Hiršwn Myziym n Sculpčrgādn, Ɖ Smiʈsoňn Instityšn, Wošñtn, D.C., YSA; Mudam Luxmbrg; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Frans; Têt C̣lẋn, YC.

Rei wz ilctd t ɖ Royl Acaḍmi v Āts, Lundn (2002); srvd az a Têt Ātisțrusti (2005–9); n wz apýntd Pṛfesr v Pêntñ at ɖ Royl Acaḍmi Scūlz, Lundn (2011).

Ɖ xbišn z acumṗnid bî a fŭli iḷstretd caṭlog fīčrñ a convsešn btwn Mātin Hrbt n Fiona Rei.”

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