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Thomas Solomon is an American art dealer and curator who owns the Thomas Solomon Gallery in Los Angeles. Considered a "leading figure" in the Los Angeles art world,〔Michael Cohen (March/April 1995), Cityscape: Los Angeles: Interviews with Art World Professionals ''Flash Art International.''〕 he represents 1960s and 1970s conceptual and emerging artists. He also provides art consulting services through Thomas Solomon Fine Art Advising. He is the son of New York City art collectors and patrons Horace and Holly Solomon. ==Life and career== Born in New York City in 1960, Solomon's parents, Horace and Holly Solomon, were collectors of contemporary art, who supported the Pop Art and Conceptual Art movements.〔Roberta Smith (January 16, 2014), (A Dealer’s Eye, and Life: ‘Hooray for Hollywood!’ Recalls Holly Solomon’s Eye for Art ) ''New York Times''.〕〔Brooks Adams (August 1989), Alley Cat ''Interview Magazine''.〕 Solomon’s early world was full of art and artists including Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Gordon Matta-Clark, Alexis Smith, William Wegman (photographer), and others.〔Grace Glueck (June 10, 2002), (Holly Solomon, Adventurous Art Dealer, Is Dead at 68 ) ''New York Times''.〕〔G. Luther Whitington (June 1990), ''Art + Auction''.〕〔David Colker (November 19, 1989), (Gallery in a Garage: Second-Generation Art Entrepreneur Thomas Solomon Shuns Tradition and Displays Artwork in a Space that Opens on an Alley ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude were named his godparents.〔G. Luther Whitington (June 1990), Art + Auction''.〕〔Brooks Adams (August 1989), Alley Cat ''Interview Magazine''.〕 Solomon received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, then directed White Columns, the New York alternative art space.〔Grace Glueck (January 23, 1990), For Galleries, It's Westward Ho to Santa Monica ''New York Times''.〕〔David Colker (November 19, 1989), (Gallery in a Garage: Second-Generation Art Entrepreneur Thomas Solomon Shuns Tradition and Displays Artwork in a Space that Opens on an Alley ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 In 1985, he curated his first show in Europe, an exhibition of 40 New York artists titled ''A Brave New World, A New Generation'', at the Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall in Copenhagen.〔David Colker (November 19, 1989), (Gallery in a Garage: Second-Generation Art Entrepreneur Thomas Solomon Shuns Tradition and Displays Artwork in a Space that Opens on an Alley ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 After that, he migrated to the West Coast where he next curated shows for the Piezo Electric Gallery in Venice.〔G. Luther Whitington (June 1990), ''Art + Auction''.〕 In 1988, Solomon started his own gallery in a two-car West Hollywood garage down an alley, called The Garage.〔Steven Holt & Michael McDonough (June1989), Now, Our Inalienable Right to Tinker ''Metropolitan Home''.〕〔David Colker (November 19, 1989), (Gallery in a Garage: Second-Generation Art Entrepreneur Thomas Solomon Shuns Tradition and Displays Artwork in a Space that Opens on an Alley ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕〔Roberta Smith (December 29, 1992), (The Los Angeles Art World’s New Image ) ''New York Times''.〕〔G. Luther Whitington (June 1990), ''Art + Auction''.〕 He later moved to a larger industrial space on Fairfax Avenue in 1991, also in West Hollywood.〔Nancy Kapitanoff (July 28, 1991), (Gallery Moves Up and Out, but Still Calls Garage Home ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 During this time, he established a program that showcased emerging artists from Los Angeles, paired with well-known and internationally respected artists. This program led to the first solo exhibition of Jorge Pardo, which art critic Christopher Knight dubbed "among the more impressive debuts of recent memory."〔Christopher Knight (April 27, 1990), Art Reviews: Impressive Debut ''Los Angeles Times''.〕〔Suzanne Muchnic (April 1, 2001), (Ascent of the Early Risers ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 He also organized a solo show of work by Tim Burton (his first ever solo exhibition in a gallery)〔Jan Tumlir (December 1, 1994), Playing Dead: Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles ''Artweek''〕 and brought early attention to Damien Hirst.〔(Damien Hirst Biography ) ''Walker Art Center''.〕 In 2002, he curated an exhibition at the newly established Pasadena Museum of California Art, the inaugural show titled ''Beyond Boundaries: Bay Area Conceptual Art of the Nineteen-Seventies''.〔Christopher Knight (June 1, 2002), (Ambitious Goals, Modest Results for Museum of California Art ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Solomon (art dealer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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