Background
Alexander, Peter Houston was born on February 27, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Richard Henry and Marion Celeste (Pluard) Alexander.
( Iain Baxter legally changed his name to IAIN BAXTER& in...)
Iain Baxter legally changed his name to IAIN BAXTER& in 2005. He appended an ampersand to his name to underscore that art is about connectivity — about contingency and collaboration with a viewer. He also effected the name change to perpetuate a strategy of self re-definition that is central to his creative project. BAXTER& began making art in the late-1950s under his birth name but quickly realized that the name itself was creative material, to be deployed, manipulated, and shared. In 1965, he formed a collaborative art-making entity which evolved into N.E. Thing Company, a corporate-styled entity whose co-presidents were BAXTER& and his wife Ingrid. Producing a diverse array of projects that encompassed conceptually based photography, pioneering works of appropriation art, and gallery transforming installations, the N.E. Thing Company offered a new model of art making, allowing the artists to remain anonymous and masquerade in the guise of business people. Following the dissolution of N.E. Thing Company in 1978, BAXTER& produced extensive bodies of work with Polaroid film, created numerous installations that blended painting and sculpture, and made pedagogy a focus of his creative enterprise. Consistent themes permeate his work and vector through his thinking. And by assessing these themes — a relentless emphasis on reaching out to the viewer, a core concern with ecology and the environment, and a belief that art must assume plural means and media — one discerns BAXTER&'s creative credo, understanding that "art is all over." This comprehensive book reviews BAXTER&'s remarkable career across all media. It accompanies a major international touring exhibition, which opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in November 2011 and at the Art Gallery of Ontario in April 2012. Featuring more than 160 reproductions of BAXTER&'s work, it also includes essays by the exhibition's curator, David Moos, along with contributions by Michael Darling (James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago), Alex Alberro (Associate Professor, University of Florida), and others. The book will also feature a comprehensive bibliography compiled by Adam Lauder (W.P. Scott Chair for Research in E-Librarianship, York University). (2011-12-20)
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(32 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue. Bound in stiff ...)
32 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue. Bound in stiff printed paper covers. Texts in English. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, October 11--December 3, 1983.
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Alexander, Peter Houston was born on February 27, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Richard Henry and Marion Celeste (Pluard) Alexander.
He studied at the University of Pennsylvania (1957-1960). The Architectural Association in London (1960-1962). The University of California, Berkeley (1962–1963).
The University of Southern California (1963-1964).
And the University of California, Los Angeles (1964-1965 and 1965-1966).
One-manshows: Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, 1970, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York City, 1970, Art in Progress, Munich, Germany, 1973, University of California, Irvine, 1975, California State University, Long Beach, 1976, Rico Mizuno, Los Angeles, 1980, James Corcoran, Los Angeles, 1981, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, 1982, Arco Center, Los Angeles, 1983, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1983, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, 1983, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, 1984. Group shows include: Seattle Art Museum, 1968, Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1969, 83, 84, Walker Art Center, Milwaukee, 1969, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1969, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago,1970, Locksley/Shea Gallery, Los Angeles, 1971, California State University, Long Beach, 1975, 78, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1976, Louisiana Jolla (California) Museum Contemporary Art, 1981, Art Center College Design, Pasadena, California, 1981, Brooklyn Museum, 1983. Represented in permanent collections: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Museum Modern Art, New York City, Louisiana Jolla Art Museum, Vancouver (Canada) Museum Art, Los Angeles County Museum Art, Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, Fort Worth Art Museum, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, others
( Iain Baxter legally changed his name to IAIN BAXTER& in...)
(32 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue. Bound in stiff ...)
(art book)
One man shows: Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, 1970, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York City, 1970, Art in Progress, Munich, 1973, University California, Irvine, 1975, California State University, Long Beach, 1976, Rico Mizuno, Los Angeles, 1980, James Corcoran, Los Angeles, 1981, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, 1982, Arco Center, Los Angeles, 1983, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1983, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, 1983, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, 1984, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2989, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, 1994, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, 1997, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, 2004, others. Group shows include Seattle Art Museum, 1968, Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1969, 83, 84, Walker Art Center, Milwaukee, 1969, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1969, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1970, Locksley/Shea Gallery, Los Angeles, 1971, California State University, Long Beach, 1975, 78, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1976, La Jolla (California) Museum Contemporary Art, 1981, Art Center College Design, Pasadena, California, 1981, Brooklyn Museum, 1983. Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006.
Retrospective exhibition Orange County Museum Art, Newport Beach, California, 1999. Represented in permanent collections: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Museum Modern Art, New York City, La Jolla Art Museum, Vancouver (Canada) Museum Art, Los Angeles County Museum Art, Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, Fort Worth Art Museum, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, others.
A member of the Light and Space artistic movement in southern California in the 1960s, he is best known for his resin sculptures from the 1960s and 1970s.
Married Clytie PatriciaMoore, June 8, 1964. Children: Clytie Hope, Julia Pebrina.