Glen Baxter staat bekend om zijn absurde tekeningen, waarvan het algehele effect vaak doet denken aan literaire nonsens. Zijn werken, geïnspireerd door pulpfictie en avonturenstrips, combineren kunst en taal met intellectuele grappen en verwijzingen. Zijn eenvoudige lijntekeningen tonen vaak personages als cowboys, gangsters of ontdekkingsreizigers, die ongerijmde uitspraken doen over kunst en filosofie, wat een unieke en provocerende stijl creëert.
Tackles issues such as: Corduroy and its tragic implications, the truth about group therapy and guacamole, the sinister rise in the number of quiche self- help groups, the resurgence of woad and distressing developments in the field of marquetry.
Glen Baxter's art appeals to a universal sense of the ridiculous. His drawings fuse the familiar with the absurd and breathe life into verbal and visual cliches, whether literary, social or cultural. This book brings together 35 of his artworks.
Since failing to win the Nobel Prize in 2001, Glen Baxter disappeared to a remote hillside fort in Holland to continue his research on vole classification. Some ten months later, he made his way to Soho Square where he was reported to be in possession of a fustian-lined hamper containing a manuscript that was to be labelled: Trundling Grunts.
Over four decades and a multitude of books, “Colonel” Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own—slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6:15? Do you know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you. Baxter’s drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventure novels, highbrow hjinks, and outright absurdity: lonesome cowboys confront the latest in modern art, brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard hashish, and the world’s fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound. This new selection of Baxter’s work brings together highlights from the full sweep of his long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed Baxterians and those in dire need of an introduction. This NYRC edition is a hardcover with printed endpapers, debossed cover design, and extra-thick paper.
A series of 22 humorous magazine cover illustrations by the English artist Glen Baxter on the theme of "do it yourself."
