Reviews
2012
Fox, Emily Ellis,”Reviews: Thomas Lawson,” Modern Painters, December, Vol XXIV Number 10; 101
Diehl, Travis, “Critic’s Picks: Thomas Lawson,” Artforum.com, September 27
2010
2009
Berardini, Andrew. “Thomas Lawson: 1977-1987” Art Review Summer: 134.
Cotter, Holland. “At the Met, Baby Boomers Leap Onstage” New York Times 24 April: C25, C28.
Cotter, Holland. “Framing the Message of a Generation” New York Times 31 May: AR1, AR25.
Hirsch, Faye. “Voices from a Contentious Era” Art in America April: 122-129.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Thomas Lawson ‘New World’” New York Times 17 July: C23.
Schjedldahl, Peter. “Alien Emotions: Pictures Art Revisited” The New Yorker 4 May: 74-75.
Yablonsky Linda. “Photo Play: The Social Life of the Pictures Generation” Art in America April: 102-109.
2007
Miles, Christopher. “Thomas Lawson” Artforum Summer: 506-507.
2005
Hainley, Bruce. "The Undiscovered Country" Artforum January: 189.
Helfand, Glen. "AB OVO" artforum.com 8 November: picks.
Rubinstein, Raphael. "Person, Place and Thing" Art in America January: 104-109.
2004
Harvey, Doug. "It's Alive, Art of the Living Dead" L.A. Weekly 15-21 October: 53.
Pagel, David. "Leaving Room for Personality" Los Angeles Times 20 October: E1, E4.
2003
Rimanelli, David."1989" Artforum April: 106.
Rimanelli, David. "1982 cont" Artforum March: 115.
2002
Cotter, Holland."The Empire Strikes Back" New York Times 19 April.
Robinson, Walter. "Weekend Update" artnet.com 30 April: 2-3.
2001
Campbell, Clayton. "Exurbia" Flash Art January/February: 22.
2000
Knight, Christopher. "Between Rural and Suburban" Los Angeles Times 15 December: calendar.
1999
Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week" L.A. Weekly 22-28 October.
1996
Lee, Kate. "A Modest Proposal" Prime September: 8.
Levi, Lawrence. "Shows Not to Miss" Art & Antiques October: 20.
Thornson, Alice. "Ignore the exhibit but look at the art" Kansas City Star 30 August: 22-23.
Thornson, Alice. "Red alert" Kansas City Star 11 August.
1990
Blakey, Cliff. "Art out in the Open" I mag, Gateshead issue 2, May: 22.
Cembalest, Robin. "I Love Flamenco" Artnews November: 127-129.
Heartney, Eleanor. "Cultivating an Engaged Public Art" Art in America October: 53, 56, 57.
Kent, Sarah. "Sarah Kent travels to Gateshead were a major contemporary art exhibition has been nurtured in a garden festival theme" 20/20,
London May: 118, 119.
Usherwood, Paul. "Viz(ual) Arts" The First Tyne International, Edge '90, GGF" Art Monthly (London) July/August: 10, 12.
Warwicker, Mick. "Old factory may be given disguise” The Journal 31 March.
Whetstone, David. "Gallery homes in festival garden" The Journal 4 May.
1989
Baker, Kenneth. "Signs of the Modern Morass" Review 9 July: 14, 15.
Brett, David. "New Installations" Circa, Belfast November/December: 43, 45.
Degener, Patricia. "L.A. Is Appropriate For 'Crisis of Representation' " St. Louis Post-Dispatch 23 July: 4C.
Drohojowska, Hunter. "Stop Making Sense" Artnews October: 146-151.
Gaver, Eleanor."The Big Sleep" Art & Antiques September: 65, 66, 68.
Herwitz, Daniel. "A Forest of Signs" Modern Painters June/July: 84, 85.
Knight, Christopher. "Obscure Objects of Desire: A Forest of Signs" Art Press (Paris-translation): 21-25.
Knight, Christopher. "Temporary points way with 'Signs' " Los Angeles Herald 21 May: E1, E2.
Marks, Ben."Wandering Among the Trees" Artweek 15 July: 1.
Morgan, Susan. "On the Wall of Derry" Arena Internacional Del Arte #4 October.: 45, 47.
Pincus, Robert L. "Ironic 'Signs' " San Diego Union 18 June: E1, E6.
Rugoff, Ralph. "Lost in the Woods" L.A. Weekly 14-20 July: 35, 36, 38.
Skelley, Jack. " 'A Forest of Signs' Leads to Eighties Art" Downtown News, Los Angeles 5 June: 1, 10, 21, 24.
Smith, Richard. "MoCA navigates 'A Forest of Signs'" New Art Examiner Summer: 28-31.
Smith, Roberta. "A shift in perspective" Vogue May: 230, 231, 234.
Venant, Elizabeth. “An Exhibition in Search of ‘Real’ Reality” Los Angeles Times 7 May: 7.
Wilson, William. "Comments on Our Life and Times” Los Angeles Times 7 May: 6.
Wilson, William. “When Words (and Images) Collide” Los Angeles Times 18 June.
1988
Brenson, Michael. "Group Show" New York Times 15 July.
Oliver, Cordelia. "After Edinburgh's 'blockbusters' " Artwork March/April.
1987
Brenson, Michael. "Art: Brooklyn Painters" New York Times June.
E.H. "Working in Brooklyn" Artnews.
1986
Berriman, Anne. "A Critical Operation" FOLLOWme April/May: 105-108.
"Drawing on Exhibition" The International Review September-October.
"Going Out Guide: Showcase" New York Times 29 September.
Indiana, Gary. "Landscape Today" Village Voice 16 December.
Larson, Kay. "Art" New York 20 October.
Maloon, Terence. "Parody saves a scrambled Biennale" Sydney Morning Herald 17 May: 50.
Smith, Roberta. "Art: In the Mid-70's, Exploring the Image" New York Times December.
Suarez, Eduardo Camacho. "Artistas Plasticos de EU Donan Obras a Cuba" Excelsior 29 April.
1985
Becker, Robert. "Art in View" Interview July: 108-109.
Corcoran, James. "20/20" Dialogue May/June.
Cullinan, Helen. "Art trades erasing regional labels” Cleveland Plain Dealer 1 May.
Fox, Catherine. " 'Suspects' focuses on media's influence" Atlanta Journal 31 March.
Wilson, William "In Search of the Heroic" Los Angeles Times 28 April.: 93.
1984
Bankowsky, Jack . "Summer Show at Metro Pictures" East Village Eye September: 50.
Everingham, Carol J. "A show that never should have been" Houston Post 20 September: 1F, 3F.
Johnson, Patricia C. " 'Heroic Figure' exhibit doesn't measure-up" Houston Chronicle 23 September: 14, 38.
De Mendonca, Casmiro Xavier. "A Nova Galaxia" Veja 18 January: 102, 103.
1983
English, Christopher. "New Figuration for Old Milwaukee" New Art Examiner January: 1, 6, 26.
Glueck, Grace. "Artists Who 'Scavenge' From the Media" New York Times 9 January: 29-30.
Kirshner, Judith Russi. "Compassionate Images," N.A.M.E. Gallery Artforum May: 102-103.
Smith, Roberta. "Appropriation uber Alles" Village Voice 11 February: 73.
Tatransky, Valentin. "Group Show" Arts Magazine March.
1982
Artner, Alan G. "New media show a never-never land of distorted reality" Chicago Tribune 9 May: section 6, 17.
Muller, Von Hans. "Bilder wie Unfalle" Basler Magazin 19 June: 6-7.
Smith, Valerie. "Flash Art Reviews" Flash Art May: 49.
Sozanski, Edward J. "Paintings and photographs inspired by media images" Philadelphia Inquirer 12 December: P1.
1981
Tatransky, Valentin. "The Opening of Metro Pictures" Flash Art January/February: 49.
1980
Kramer, Hilton. "Art: 'Illustration & Allegory' on View" New York Times 23 May.
Larson "Art" Village Voice 21-27 May.
Marzorati, Gerald. "Artful Dodger" Soho News 19 September.
Simon, Joan. "Double Takes" Art in America October: 113-117.
Rickey, Carrie. "Naïve Nouveau and Its Malcontents" Flash Art Summer: 36, 38, 39.
Rickey, Carrie. "Smyth, Schmidt, Smitten" Village Voice 14 January.
Tatransky, Valentin "Illustration & Allegory" Arts Magazine September.
Zimmer, William. "Group Exhibition" Soho News 19-25 November.
1979
Ashbery, John."Yule Log" New York: 90.
Caroli, Flavio. "Gruppo Di Immagini Della Nuova Generazione" Corriere Bella Sera 22 April.
Parmesani, Loredana. "The World of Paper" Art Dimension April-June.
"Scottish show opens tonight" The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Canada) 8 August.
Tatransky, Valentin. "Group Show" Arts Magazine.