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Iain BAXTER&, Urban Landcape,
Trans-Canada Highway, Manitoba,
1969, Chromira print, 49.5 x 72.4 cm
On view until May 18, 2009
Throughout his 40 year career, Iain BAxTeR&
has challenged ideas about what art is and
what it does. using everyday objects and
processes, including his famous 1966
—Bagged Place—a home in which every
item was encased in a plastic bag— he
creates works of art that engage audiences in
contemporary social, political, and
environmental issues. BAxTeR& has taken
photographs since the 1950s and is Canada’s
first and most widely recognized conceptual
artist. while many aspects of his practice are
well documented, his photographs remain
largely unknown. Passing Through: Photographs
by Iain BaxTer& includes colour prints,
Polaroids, and duratrans taken between
1958 and 1983, most of which have never
been exhibited.
Iain BAXTER&, Highway, Northern California, 1979, Chromira print, 49.5 x 72.4 cm
Passing Through: Iain BAXTER& Photographs 1958 - 1983
Much of BAxTeR&’s photography documents
the everyday world. His consuming passion
for real-life experiences has resulted in a
remarkable body of images that are both
highly personal and revelatory of Canadian
society during the second half of the 20th
century. Informed by the notion of driving
as a manifestation of consciousness in North
American culture, most of the photographs
in this exhibition BAxTeR& took while
travelling throughout Canada.
Iain BAXTER&, Lucy Lippard Waiting, Toronto, Ontario
1969, Chromira print, 91.4 x 21.9 x 14.0 cm
BAxTeR& is an internationally acclaimed
artist who has exhibited widely in Canada
and abroad. Born in Middlesborough,
england in 1936, he emigrated with his
family at the age of one. He has a Bachelor
of Science (Zoology) and a Master of
education from the university of Idaho and a
Master of fine Arts degree from washington
State university. In 1988, BAxTeR& joined
the faculty at the School of Visual Arts at
the university of windsor, where he is now
Professor emeritus.
His work is included in most major collections
of Canadian art, as well as the Museum
of Modern Art, New York, the Los Angeles
County Museum, and the Gemeente museum,
The Hague. The recipient of many
awards, BAxTeR& received the order of
Canada in 2003, a Governor General’s Award
in Visual and Media Arts and the order of
ontario in 2004, the Molson Prize in 2005,
and most recently the order of British
Columbia in 2007. �
Iain BAXTER&, Urban Landcape, Trans-Canada
Highway, Manitoba, 1969, Chromira print,
49.5 x 72.4 cm
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