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Glen Baxter - Furtive Loomings

Glen Baxter

Furtive Loomings

London Cork Street

11 January – 11 February 2017

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21 Cork Street
London W1S 3LZ

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  • Glen Baxter

"Glen Baxter is an artist in the distinguished tradition of Lewis Carroll, Sax Rohmer, Marquis de Sade, Raymond Roussel, Luther Burbank, and the Comte de Lautreamont." - John Ashbery

In Baxter’s surreal world cowboys ponder modern art, schoolboys grapple with philosophy and the world's fruits are in constant peril. In this exhibition of new and recent works on paper, drawn in the style of adventure comic series such as Biggles and Dan Dare, image and text coalesce with uncertain and often baffling results.

"Looks like we got ourselves another Serra, Sheriff" Drawled Big Jake provides a characteristic subversion of the Western genre, depicting three American cowboys surveying a monolithic sculpture snared by their lasso. The recurring theme of modern art-rustling can also be seen in "But I Specifically Requested a Rothko" Barked Ken. Here, a lone cowboy berates a Retriever, which has emerged from a distant Modernist dwelling with what appears to be a small Mondrian painting in its jaws.

Other well-known Baxter characters are revisited, including puzzled-looking schoolboys receiving a mysterious education; and Boy Scouts, who are treated to unusual campfire entertainment in Following the Confiscation of Our iPads we were Forced to Attend a Virtuoso Performance by our Patrol Leader Featuring "Alec, The Dancing Carrot".

Baxter introduces several autobiographical details in works that reveal a childhood spent in the county of Yorkshire avoiding all manner of vegetables; while examples of surreal slapstick can be found in works such as David Looked Forward to Those Quiet Sunday Afternoons in the Garden, where the banality of the everyday domestic scene is due to be savagely interrupted by unexpected wildlife.

Baxter has described his images as “sabotaging” their own sense of familiarity with an absurdist message. According to Michael Wilson (Artforum, October 2005), Baxter “...achieves a kind of social-surrealist comedy comparable to the achievements of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Vic Reeves.”

ALMOST COMPLETELY BAXTER (New York Review Comics, 2016, £14.99) is a new selection of his work which brings together highlights from the full sweep of Baxter’s long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed Baxterians and those in dire need of an introduction.

Exhibited Work

Folk from neighbouring counties would often try to pay us a visit

Glen Baxter

Folk from neighbouring counties would often try to pay us a visit, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

David looked forward to those quiet Sunday afternoons in the garden

Glen Baxter

David looked forward to those quiet Sunday afternoons in the garden, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

According to this map, we are still in Yorkshire

Glen Baxter

According to this map, we are still in Yorkshire, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

"Looks like we got ourselves another Serra, Sheriff" drawled big Jake

Glen Baxter

"Looks like we got ourselves another Serra, Sheriff" drawled big Jake, 2014

Ink and crayon on paper

But I specifically requested a Rothko! barked Ken

Glen Baxter

But I specifically requested a Rothko! barked Ken, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

Sharing an apartment certainly seemed to make sound fiscal sense

Glen Baxter

Sharing an apartment certainly seemed to make sound fiscal sense, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

We raced on through a blizzard of disputed Monets

Glen Baxter

We raced on through a blizzard of disputed Monets, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

I spent my entire childhood trying to avoid fresh vegetables

Glen Baxter

I spent my entire childhood trying to avoid fresh vegetables, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

It certainly looked like a late De Kooning but in today's climate of uncertainty could anyone be sure?

Glen Baxter

It certainly looked like a late De Kooning but in today's climate of uncertainty could anyone be sure?, 2009

Ink and crayon on paper

Following the confiscation of our ipads we were forced to attend a virtuoso performance by our patrol leader featuring "Alec,the dancing carrot"

Glen Baxter

Following the confiscation of our ipads we were forced to attend a virtuoso performance by our patrol leader featuring "Alec,the dancing carrot", 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

As a music lover I felt it my duty to direct the disintegrator ray over the entire glee club

Glen Baxter

As a music lover I felt it my duty to direct the disintegrator ray over the entire glee club, 2015

Ink and crayon on paper

"Of course, if I see any evidence of horse rustling, I'll be the first to let you know, Sheriff" drawled big Doc Watson

Glen Baxter

"Of course, if I see any evidence of horse rustling, I'll be the first to let you know, Sheriff" drawled big Doc Watson, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

"I could get out my harmonica" warned the old timer

Glen Baxter

"I could get out my harmonica" warned the old timer, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

"How about I throw on another Baxter?" drawled the connoisseur

Glen Baxter

"How about I throw on another Baxter?" drawled the connoisseur, 2015

Ink and crayon on paper

The sex education lessons at St Drunwerts proved to be an utter revelation

Glen Baxter

The sex education lessons at St Drunwerts proved to be an utter revelation, 2016

Ink and crayon on paper

Mr Elliott seemed only too happy to share his thoughts on contemporary art with us

Glen Baxter

Mr Elliott seemed only too happy to share his thoughts on contemporary art with us , 2013

Ink & crayon on paper

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