Inventory # AOL0920-E19039-005

PROVENANCE
Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Illinois

EXHIBITED
Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, "IT" Exhibition, November 29 - December 23, 1966

In December of 1966, Rolf Nelson Gallery in Los Angeles held an exhibition featuring works by conceptualist Ian Baxter&. Entitled the “IT” exhibition, the announcement card listed the works as being by N.E. Baxter Thing Co. These were nascent forms of the foundationally important artist collective N.E. Thing Co., led by co-presidents Baxter& and then partner Ingrid Baxter from 1967 to 1978. Influenced by media theorist Marshall McLuhan, this legally incorporated business used corporate mechanisms and trappings to present their art practice alongside contemporary culture, and employed a faceless corporate façade to grant them artistic anonymity.

Known for producing daring and cheeky works which intentionally obliterate traditional definitions of art-making, Baxter& has incorporated technologies such as the telex machine (a precursor to the fax machine), laminators and vacuum-sealers to engage with concepts at the intersection of art, industry and consumer culture. His body of work has been widely influential, and it laid the groundwork for many artists, including leading members of the Vancouver School such as Vikky Alexander, Jeff Wall, Stan Douglas and Rodney Graham.

Please note: this work is unframed.

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