Glen Baxter (artist)
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| '''Glen Baxter''', nicknamed "Colonel Baxter," is an [[England|English]] [[cartoonist]], noted for his [[surrealist]], [[literary nonsense|nonsensical]] [[absurdist]] drawings. Born in [[Leeds]] in [[1944]], Baxter was trained at the [[Leeds College of Art]]. His images, and their corresponding captions, fuse art and language inspired by [[pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. Baxter's art has been collected in numerous books, and his work has appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', and ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''. His simple line-drawings often feature [[cowboy]]s, [[gangster]]s, [[explorer]]s, and [[schoolchildren]], who utter [[incongruous]] intellectual statements regarding [[art]] and [[philosophy]]. | '''Glen Baxter''', nicknamed "Colonel Baxter," is an [[England|English]] [[cartoonist]], noted for his [[surrealist]], [[literary nonsense|nonsensical]] [[absurdist]] drawings. Born in [[Leeds]] in [[1944]], Baxter was trained at the [[Leeds College of Art]]. His images, and their corresponding captions, fuse art and language inspired by [[pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. Baxter's art has been collected in numerous books, and his work has appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', and ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''. His simple line-drawings often feature [[cowboy]]s, [[gangster]]s, [[explorer]]s, and [[schoolchildren]], who utter [[incongruous]] intellectual statements regarding [[art]] and [[philosophy]]. | ||
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| + | :“I prefer the fantasy where everyday objects can suddenly become more interesting. I really like that aspect of it. I am in agreement with [[Breton]]’s definition of ‘marvelous’: ‘The [[marvelous]] has never been better defined than as being in complete contrast to the [[fantastic]].’ In my work I present the impossible happening in a world where [[impossibility]] is the rule (as opposed to works of [[fantasy]], where we see the impossible happening in a world where impossibility is outlawed).” --Interviewed by [[Bill Zavatsky]] in 1976 ([[Out of Sun]], Vol. V. No. 1, 1983) via [http://ruehazard.blogspot.com/2005/09/category.html Rue Hazard, John Latta] | ||
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Glen Baxter, nicknamed "Colonel Baxter," is an English cartoonist, noted for his surrealist, nonsensical absurdist drawings. Born in Leeds in 1944, Baxter was trained at the Leeds College of Art. His images, and their corresponding captions, fuse art and language inspired by pulp fiction and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. Baxter's art has been collected in numerous books, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Independent on Sunday. His simple line-drawings often feature cowboys, gangsters, explorers, and schoolchildren, who utter incongruous intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy.
Quotes
- “I prefer the fantasy where everyday objects can suddenly become more interesting. I really like that aspect of it. I am in agreement with Breton’s definition of ‘marvelous’: ‘The marvelous has never been better defined than as being in complete contrast to the fantastic.’ In my work I present the impossible happening in a world where impossibility is the rule (as opposed to works of fantasy, where we see the impossible happening in a world where impossibility is outlawed).” --Interviewed by Bill Zavatsky in 1976 (Out of Sun, Vol. V. No. 1, 1983) via Rue Hazard, John Latta
Books
- The Impending Gleam (1981)
- His Life: The Years of Struggle (1983)
- Atlas, Le dernier terrain vague (1983)
- L'heure du thé (1990)
- Welcome to the Weird World of Glen Baxter (1989)
- Ma vie: le jeunes années (1990)
- The Billiard Table Murders (1990)
- Glen Baxter Returns to Normal (1992) (translated as Retour à la normale, 1992)
- The Collected Blurtings of Baxter (1994)
- The Further Blurtings of Baxter (1994)
- The Wonder Book of Sex (1995) (translated as Wundersame Welt der Erotik, 1996, and Le livre de l'amour, 1997).
- Glen Baxter's Gourmet Guide (1997)
- Blizzards of Tweed (1999)
- Meurtres a la Table de Billard (2000)
- Trundling Grunts (2002)
- The Unhinged World of Glen Baxter (2002)
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