David Silverberg talks to the artist about the mysteries of what comes next
The first thing you notice about iain baxter& is his name. All caps, ampersand anchoring the surname. It's unusual, but BAXTER& doesn't like conformity. One of Canada's best known conceptual artists, the 73 -year-old Windsor, Ontario resident doesn't think along the same brain-paths as 99.9% of the population. He's too busy dreaming up courageous challenges to our assumptions of art.
Take his most recent remounting. During the all-night artfest Nuit Blanche, in the heart of Toronto's financial district, BAXTER& restaged his take on capitalism, Monopoly with Real Money. It's exactly as it …
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