Books and Publications
2025
- The Essential Poetry Zine, Volume 2, May, Organized by Beth Fiedorek, Los Angeles, CA
- Kaeser, Sophia, FORUM, Diva Corp USA Magazine, Issue 3 Summer, Los Angeles, CA
- FORUM, Exhibition Brochure, Phase Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- The Wire
2021
2015
2012
- Yann Marussich: Blue Remix with David Schafer and Dominick Fernow, August 23rd, 2012, Performance Program, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
- Wilson, Robin, Performative Conversations, Room Tone, Errant Bodies Press
2011
- Krapp, Peter, Noise Channels: Glitch and Error in Digital Culture, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
- LaBelle, Brandon, Site of Sound: Architecture and the Ear, Berlin: Errant Bodies Press
- Schafer, David, Mind the Gap, Site of Sound: Architecture and the Ear, Berlin: Errant Bodies Press
- Spaid, Sue, LOL: A Decade of Antic Art, Exhibition Essay, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
- Schafer, David, Where Does it Hurt?, Separated United Forms, Charta Art Books
- Tumlir, Jan, Multiple Choice: On Separated United Forms, Separated United Forms, Charta Art Books
2007
- Schafer, David. Up is High How? Failure: Experiments in Aesthetic and Social Practices. Antebi, Nicole; Dickey, Colin; Herbst, Robby, Editors. Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press, LA, CA
- Global Suburbia: Meditations on the World of the ‘Burbs, Curated by Sue Spaid, Exhibition Catalog, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2004
- Lombino, Mary-Kay,ReModeling, Catalog Essay, The University Art Museum of Long Beach, CA
- Treble, The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
2002
2001
2000
- Schafer, David. Installation: Towards a Non-Definition, Inland Specific exhibition publication. Claremont Graduate University, CA
- Liu, Catherine, David Schafer, Works On Paper, Inc., Artist Project, Los Angeles, CA
- The World, Poetry Journal, Artist Project, New York, NY
1999
1993
- Pastoral Mirage, Exhibition Publication, Prospect Park, Prospect Art Alliance Commission, Brooklyn, NY
- Benson, Melissa, Pastoral Mirage, Prospect Park Publication, Brooklyn NY
- Butler, Cornelia, Reading the Park: The Staging of Public Pleasure, Prospect Park Publication, Brooklyn NY
- Fernandes, Joyce, Living Room, Exhibition Brochure, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
- Butler, Connie, From Rocky Balboa to Carl Andre, Western Agenda Exhibition Catalogue, Artists Space, NYC
- Bershad, Deborah, Liberty Prop exhibition brochure, Public Art Fund, NYC.
1989
Reviews and Articles
2025
- Must See, ARTFORUM Art Guide, July 23, Latency, Cevera Yoon Gallery, LA
- Cabot, Cheri, San Gabriel’s New Hub for Artists and Innovators Opens Its Doors, Local News Pasadena, Nov. 11. Pasadena, CA
2020
- Vikram, Anuradha, How Can I Use Outdoor Spaces to Share My Art and Build Community? KCET: VISUAL ARTS
- Kambhampaty, Anna Purna, The Pandemic Closed Art Galleries’ Doors. But Who Said a Gallery Needs Four Walls and a Ceiling? Time Magazine, June 11.
- Zappas, Lindsay Preston, Viewing Art By Car is Becoming the New Norm, KCRW Arts and Cultures Stories, May 19.
- Martinez, Christina Catherine, Signs Are Everywhere, ArtForum, June 10.
- Haddad, Natalie, 120 Artists Create a “Drive-by-art” Exhibition Throughout Los Angeles, Hyperallergic, May 27.
- Gluck, Marissa, For Two Weekends, Drive-by-Art Turns the City Into a Gallery You Can See by Car, Los Angeles Magazine, May 23.
- Vikram, Anuradha, How Can I Use Outdoor Spaces to Share My Art and Build Community? KCET: VISUAL ARTS
2017
- Schou, Solvej. Psychic Liberation: Fine Art’s Sound Lab Makes Waves of Noise.
- DOT Art Center College of Design online magazine, August
- Carey, Brainard. Yale Radio David Schafer Interview.
2016
- Wagley, Catherine. Siren, LA Weekly. Los Angeles, CA
- Velardi, Jonathan. A Conversation with 5 Car Garage’s Emma Gray, curatela.tumblr.com
2015
- Tumlir, Jan, David Schafer: Models of Disorder, Art Forum, June
- Zellen, Jody, Editor’s Pick: David Schafer’s MODELS OF DISORDER, Visual Art Source, February 16
- Ollman, Leah, Review: A Heady Jumble of a Show by David Schafer, Los Angeles Times, February 13
- Wholey, M.A., David Schafer Finds Male Hysteria Simmering Beneath the Surface of Art History, Artsy Editorial, February 9
- Engel, Allison, Mobile music a la carts coming to University Park Campus, news.usc.edu Los Angeles, CA
- Ice-Cream Truck Plays Schoenberg on College Campus, WQXR Blog, wqxr.org radio
2013
2012
2011
- Joy, Jenn. David Schafer, Separated United Forms, Book Review, Charta Press
- Hunter, Becky, LOL: A Decade of Antic Art, Art Papers Magazine, Vol. 35, Issue 5
- Spaid, Sue, LOL: A Decade of Antic Art, The Contemporary (Museum) Catalog, June
- Kirsh, Andrea, LOL: A Decade of Antic Art at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Theartblog.org, September 13
- Smith, Tim, Looking for LOL at the Contemporary Museum, The Baltimore Sun, June 9
- Ebstein, Alex, However you want to categorize it, zeitgeist-y art highlights Contemporary show, The City Paper, July 20
- Smith, Jeffrey P., Vital Victuals: A (Post)Modern Remix, The Brooklyn Rail, September 5
- LaBelle, Brandon, and Claudia Martinho, Site of Sound #2: Of Architecture and The Ear, The Wire, Issue 332
2010
- Kau, Andrew K, The Transparency Label Refuses to Flinch, Crawdaddy, 2010
- Norwood, Tamarin, How to Look at Sculpture, Guest Blogger for On-Looking Exhibition, or-bits.com,September
2009
- Williams, Janette, Sculptures Placed at Huntington Pavilion Have a Unique Back Story, The San Bernadino Sun. July 27
- Kane, Mitchell, Reclining Figure in Zero Gravity, Observations Concerning Information, Objects, Images, People (I-O-I-P)
- Art in the Digital Age, Pasadena Star, July 28
2008
- Villareal, Ignacio Jr., Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art Opens at the Norton Simon Museum, Artdaily.org
- Norton Simon Museum Presents: Under the Influence, Art-Inspired Art, Art
- Between Urban and Rural: Public Art and Suburbia, Public Art Review, Issue 39
- Global Suburbia Arrives at Art Center, Times Chronicle Glenside News
- Global Suburbia at Abington Art Center, Artblog
2007
- View of the Burbs Suddenly Sprouting Like Crabgrass, philly.com
2004
2003
2002
- Min, Susette, Soothe Operator, Cabinet Magazine
- Hemptinne, Pierre, x10R.1-x10R.2 Listening Note, The Anti-Fun Magazine, Media Library of the French Community in Belgium
- Cotner, David, David Schafer x10R.1-x10R.2, Transparency Records
2001
- Stein, Lisa, Revolutions Per Minute, The Chicago Tribune
- Johnson, Ken, David Schafer, The New York Times
- Saffer, Caroline, BodySpace Breaks Art World Boundaries, Johns Hopkins Newsletter
- Gopnik, Blake, Pure and Simple: Art That Causes a Sensation, The Washington Post | PDF
- O’Sullivan, Michael, Alluring Bodyspace Pulls you In, The Washington Post | PDF
- McNatt, Glenn, Art That You Can Really Get Into, BMA’s BodySpace, The Baltimore Sun
- Giuliano, Mike, Body and Soul, The City Paper
- Tanguy, Sarah, BodySpace, Sculpture Magazine
2000
1999
- Sozanski, Trolling For Clarity on The Future, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Frank, Peter, Beyond Music Sound Festival, LA Weekly
- Harvey, Doug, Futurama: Post-Millennial Déjà Vu at the Luckman Fine Arts, LA Weekly
1998
- Lombino, Mary-Kay, Dollhouse, Artweek
- Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week: Reverb, LA Weekly
- Cooper, Jacqueline, The Dollhouse Gallery, New Art Examiner
1997
1996
1994
- Raven, Arlene, Common Ground, The Village Voice
- Kahn, Evan, The Power of the Word, Landscape Architecture
1993
- Fernandes, Joyce, Living Room Exhibition Publication, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, ILL
- Gartner, Jon, Future Prospects for the Park, Metropolis Magazine, Dec.
- Pastoral Mirage, The New Yorker
- Olmsted Falls as Sound Bite, The New York Times
- Zhdanovich, Olga, Living Room, The New Art Examiner
- McLaughlin, Bonita, Artists Seek Physical Relationship/Living Room, The Chicago Reader, Chicago, ILL
- Living Room, F Magazine, Chicago, ILL
- Trewhella, Timothy, MetroTech Sculpture Showcase, New York Newsday, NY
1991
- Mittelbach, Margaret, Public Art Starts to Return to the Public, Daily News, NY
- Faust, Gretchen, New York in Review-Liberty Prop, Arts
- Myers, Terry, New York in Review-Western Agenda, Arts
- Concerned Citizen, The New Yorker
1990
- Art Pick of the Week: Corporealities, Sue Spaid Fine Art, LA Weekly
1989
- Sculpture Watching, New City Magazine
- Encountering, Metropolis Magazine, Jan/Feb
- Sculpture Chicago, Sculpture Magazine
- Chicago’s Top 40, The Chicago Tribune
- Sculpture Chicago, Chicago Sun Times
1987
- Sculptors Artfully Alter Fairmont Park, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- City as Sculpture Garden: Seeing the New and Daring, The New York Times
1986