He Knew What He Liked
Review of "Roland Penrose: The Friendly Surrealist," by Antony Penrose.
Jun 2001
Articles by Andrew Solomon:Visual Art
Oct 2000
Images That Speak a Language of Art
If we cannot separate the dancer from the dance, we cannot here separate what is said from how it is said.
Mar 1999
Nomad’s Land
In Mongolia, the very existence of an avant-garde comes as a surprise.
Sep 1998
Inanimate Selves, Alternate Realities
Puppet artists are fully aware of the complexity of their medium: as Mr. Paska has said, they are "out on a limb between the angel and the machine."
Sep 1998
Art in China: Censorship, Secrecy, and the Struggle to be Heard
In a society in which art is repressed, it gains in urgency what it loses in visibility.
Aug 1998
As Asia Regroups, Art Has a New Urgency
In the first North Asian Biennial, work from China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan raises issues of national identity and tradition.
May 1998
China: 5,000 Years
It isn't easy to mount a terrible show in which each piece of art is absolutely fantastic.
Feb 1998
Bill Viola’s Video Arcade
Viola uses technology to blur the distinctions between the visible and the invisible, the abstract and the concrete...
Feb 1997
Dot Dot Dot
A profile of the artist Yayoi Kusama.
Aug 1996
On Each Palette, a Choice of Political Colors
On Taiwan, style is ideology. Traditional suggests unification with Beijing; conceptual, independence; oils, the ruling centrists.
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