Although the innovations of the late 1970s and early 1980s are everywhere prescient in the sixties, it is hardly a linear, determined path from point A to B. For example, Iain Baxter pioneered the back-lit Cibachrome in Vancouver. He owned the first Vancouver franchise for the Cibachrome process and began making light boxes in 1967–68. Among his topics were the urban “ruins” of Vancouver’s suburbs and the vernacular of their sprawl. One cannot, in any meaningful way, connect these light boxes with Jeff Wall’s later adoption of the form around 1978. It would also be reckless to connect the loop presentations of Glenn Lewis, circa 1969, of urban intersections with the later emphasis on loops in the work of Rodney Graham.
http://vancouverartinthesixties.com/essays/urban-renewal
◇ Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Announces IAIN BAXTER&. Works 1958-2011 - Museum Publicity News Announcements and Press Release Information That Means Business
IAIN BAXTER& N.E. Thing Co. Still Life with 6 Trucks, Highway 1, Saskatchewan, 1968. Cibachrome transparency and lightbox. 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (34.7 x 50.2 x 13.1 cm). Gift of IAIN BAXTER& and Ingrid Baxter, 1995. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Photo: Michael Barrick, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
◇ Pictures - Iain Baxter exhibit at the MCA - Chicago art exhibits - Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/iain-baxter-exhibit-at-the-mca#slide=1
◇ Pier 94 – lights, action and some ho hum at the Armory contemporary - theartblog
Iain Baxter's lightbox dates from the 1960s.The gallerist said he was a lightbox originator, and was a prof. at the University of British Columbia when Jeff Wall was there.
http://www.theartblog.org/2011/03/pier-94-lights-action-and-some-ho-hum-at-the-armory-contemporary/
◇ IAINBAXTER&raisonnE
http://archives.library.yorku.ca/iain_baxterand_raisonne/
◇ IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011 | AGO Art Gallery of Ontario
http://www.ago.net/theandman
◇ IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958–2011 | MCA Chicago
http://www2.mcachicago.org/exhibition/iain-baxter-works-1958-2011/
◇ IAIN BAXTER&: Conceptual Artist AND... - YouTube
In 1969, the brand-new Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago mounted a landmark exhibition―Art by Telephone―that took its title literally. Artists phoned in their works of art, which were then created on-site to their specifications. IAIN BAXTER& was one of the participating artists then, and he returns to Chicago this fall for his retrospective at the MCA. In a conversation with art historian Hannah Feldman, BAXTER& recalls not only Art by Telephone but also additional milestones in conceptualism.
The annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a significant gift from founding CHF board member and distinguished art dealer Richard Gray. This program is presented in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
