Zen and the Art of Xu Bing
In Xu Bing’s work, words are not superimposed on the detritus of the event; they emerge, instead, as the voids, the literal nothingness on the gallery floor.
Aug 2011
Articles by Andrew Solomon: Visual Art
Nov 2009
Paintings by Anne Connell
You see at once that the work is beautiful, but you can tell that it is not simply about its own beauty.
Sep 2009
The Third Mind
Review of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum exhibition, "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989."
Oct 2005
Tours De Force
Review of "Ballets Russes," by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine.
Mar 2005
From Imaging to Image
With imaging, what was abstract becomes palpable; what we comprehend visually is more convincing to us than numeric sequences.
Oct 2004
This Diverse Realm, This Melting Pot, This…China?
Review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, "China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 A.D."
Apr 2004
Dandyism
What is the purpose of men’s clothing of style, be that style extravagant or controlled?
Sep 2003
The Picasso of Washington Square
Review of “Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work,” by Hayden Herrera.
May 2003
Sensation
Review of “Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection,” by John Anderson.
Jan 2003
Ilya Kabakov: An Appreciation
What you make seems at once impossible and true, and makes us feel that all human enterprise is both impossible and true.
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