{"product_id":"iain-baxter-9780864926463","title":"Iain Baxter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Canadian Museums Association Outstanding Achievement in Publication and Melva J. Dwyer Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIain Baxter legally changed his name to IAIN BAXTER\u0026amp; 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\u0026amp; 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\u0026amp; 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884833255767,"sku":"9780864926463","price":29.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780864926463.jpg?v=1722533668","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/iain-baxter-9780864926463","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}