REALLIFE Magazine


When Thomas Lawson and Susan Morgan started REALLIFE Magazine in 1979, they wanted to make a publication that would be “by and about artists.” The magazine’s first issue was made possible by an NEA grant in art criticism, awarded to Lawson through Artists Space. During the 1980s, REALLIFE Magazine attentively addressed current art and its influences while continuously speculating about culture and questioning politics.

Issues

REALLIFE Magazine #1

REALLIFE Magazine #2

REALLIFE Magazine #3

REALLIFE Magazine #4

REALLIFE Magazine #5

REALLIFE Magazine #6

REALLIFE Magazine #7

REALLIFE Magazine #8

REALLIFE Magazine #9

REALLIFE Magazine #10

REALLIFE Magazine #11/12

REALLIFE Magazine #13

REALLIFE Magazine #14

REALLIFE Magazine #15

REALLIFE Magazine #16

REALLIFE Magazine #17/18

REALLIFE Magazine #19

REALLIFE Magazine #20

REALLIFE Magazine #21/22

REALLIFE Magazine #23



Book


2007            REALLIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994



Exhibitions


2007            REALLIFE Magazine 1979-1990 Artists Space, New York.


2005            backroom #4 the backroom, Los Angeles


1983            Curated REALLIFE Magazine presents... White Columns, New York.


1981            Curated REALLIFE Magazine presents... Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London.

REALLIFE Magazine #7


Cover: Louise Lawler


Contents


3      Too Good to be True, by Thomas Lawson

8      Paintings Are More Than Medals of Honor, by Malcolm Kesselman

9      Out of Breath, by Mitchell Kriegman

10    Painted Babies, Paul McMahon

12    Michael Powell, an interview by Laura Cottingham and Richard Martin

15    Better Living Through Chemistry, by Susan Morgan

17    Untitled, by Mike Roddy

19    Elk Grazed as if Nothing Has Happened, by Jenny Bolande

20    Notes Toear Film, by David Robbins

22    Driftings, by Douglas Blau

25    Filmaker Seeks Funding, by Richard Howorth

29    The Extinction of Sculpture, by Robin Peck

30    Pissing On Ice, by Rulton Ryder

32    Fascination, by Eric Bogosian