Throughout his career\, Iain Baxter& has challenged ideas about what ar t is and what it does. Using everyday objects and processes\, Baxter& creat es works that engage audiences in contemporary social\, political\, and env ironmental issues. One of Canada’s most recognized conceptual artists\, Bax ter& has been taking photographs since the 1950s. While many aspects of his practice have been well documented\, especially his N.E. Thing Co. project s with Ingrid Baxter\, his straight photographs remain largely unknown. Passing Through includes colour prints\, Polaroids\, and duratrans ta ken between 1958 and 1983\, most of which have never been exhibited.
Informed by the notion of driving as a manifestation of consciousness in No rth American culture\, most of these photographs were taken as Baxter& trav eled across Canada. His photographic oeuvre\, seen in its entirety\, functi ons as a fragmented narrative punctuated by digressions and distractions. S trangers and friends\, forbidding industrial sites and backyard parties\, e xpansive natural landscapes\, and smalltime road attractions reveal the bre adth of the Canadian experience during this critical period.
From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s Baxter& lived in Vancouver. This exhibition w ill situate his practice in relation to the development of photography on t he West Coast\, where he worked concurrently with artists such as Ian Walla ce\, Jeff Wall\, and Christos Dikeakos.
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\, and the Molson Prize in 2005. He is the 2006 winner of the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation P rize. 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 Gemeentemuseum (The Hague).
Baxter& has recently changed h is name to include the ampersand.
This exhibition is organized an d circulated by the Art Gallery of Windsor with the support of the Museums Assistance Programme\, Department of Canadian Heritage.
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