Lane Relyea has written for magazines including Artforum, Parkett, Frieze, Art in America, and Flash Art, and monographs on artists including Polly Apfelbaum, Richard Artschwager, Jeremy Blake, and Vija Celmins. A contributor to such exhibition catalogues as Public Offerings and Helter Skelter, he served as editor of Artpaper, from 1987 to 1991. Associate professor and chair of art theory and practice at Northwestern University, his book on the effects of communication networks on artistic practice and its contexts is forthcoming from MIT Press in 2013.
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Your Everyday Art World: Glasgow to Los Angeles by Lane Relyea
DIY culture, artist-run initiatives, pop-up galleries, and ‘zines have long been essential but often unhistoricized aspects of the art world. What happens when that independent fringe drifts steadily into the mainstream and informal networked culture influences the establishment?
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Hand in Glove: Reflections on LAICA Journal and Culture Endowed by Lane Relyea
DIY culture, artist-run initiatives, pop-up galleries, and ‘zines have long been essential but often unhistoricized aspects of the art world. What happens when that independent fringe drifts steadily into the mainstream and informal networked culture influences the establishment?