Fiona Rae at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris

Fiona Rae's exhibition at Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris (February 22 – April 25, 2013) coincided with the gallery's twentieth anniversary and the inauguration of its new Marais space, a former studio of Jean Dewasne. Rae, a British painter, engages with the legacy of abstraction from Miró to Pollock, incorporating computer language elements—letters, symbols, dashes, stars—into fluid paint surfaces. Since acquiring a computer in 2000, she has used Photoshop to develop her palette and introduced typographic characters, comic book references, and children's tale motifs into her work. Her recent series was inspired by small embroidered silk pandas found in a New York store, which she describes as a 'reason to paint.' The exhibition featured paintings like 'Joy Diffuses' and 'Fragance Swims,' characterized by pastel colors and decorative arabesques. The gallery's new venue, a glass-roofed volume, will host a selection of Dewasne's 'anti-sculptures' in September 2013.