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Articles by Andrew Solomon: Visual Art


Dec 1988

The Winter Palettes

The Moscow artistic community had no room for the passive observer; it was made up of people whose commitment was enormous.

Nov 1988

Exhibitions: Francis Bacon

What kind of joy is expressed in his work, which is sometimes poignant but so often agonized?

Nov 1988

Frozen in Time

The human face is, to humans, the most fascinating sight on earth.

May 1988

Folk-Art Racing

The difficulty of assigning value to works of folk art is enormous, because the rigorous articulation of the locus of value is only beginning.