Claire Fontaine, “Stop Seeking Approval”

Droll might be the mot juste for this artist's sensibility, which relies heavily on ready-mades. That starts with her name (or nom de guerre), borrowed from a brand of compositional notebooks used by French schoolchildren. Her latest show, which takes security as its main theme, features works created with products meant to deter crime. Monochrome canvases are limned with "anti-climb" paint, which is usually used on fences and the like and never dries, marking would-be intruders the way exploding dye packs inside stolen cash bags stain thieves.