1. Glen BAXTER
    "Just drop that vowel nice and easy, Perec!" warned the Sheriff, 2016
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm / 31,10 x 20,86 in
  2. Glen BAXTER
    Que sais-je ? - La cuisine Suisse -, 1993
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  3. Glen BAXTER
    Les premiers essais de croissants de Hugo n'étaient pas vraiment encourageants, 2020
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  4. Glen BAXTER
    Sex education lessons were an integral part of our school curriculum, 2016
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  5. Glen BAXTER
    We found our path blocked by a particularly striking example of mid period Kandinsky, 2010
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  6. Glen BAXTER
    There were times when I began to think I might just be in the wrong profession , 2010
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  7. Glen BAXTER
    Sitôt l'oncle Henri arrivé j'avais pour instruction de lâcher les tigres , 2010
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  8. Glen BAXTER
    Pierre would do anything to avoid muesli , 2017
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  9. Glen BAXTER
    The arrival of uncle Elmer at our summer house was always a cause for concern , 2016
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  10. Glen BAXTER
    La nuit, on récitait à tour de rôle chaque troisième phrase dans impressions d'Afrique de Raymond Roussel, 2014
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  11. Glen BAXTER
    Mon premier jour dans la nouvelle école semblait plutôt bien se passer , 2017
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  12. Glen BAXTER
    The trail boss was always there for us, and more than happy to share his candid opinion of my latest watercolours, 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  13. Glen BAXTER
    La critique était unanime - mes derniers tableaux marquaient l'émergence d'un artiste majeur, 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  14. Glen BAXTER
    "I'm not entirely convinced this is a late Mondrian" drawled Cody , 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  15. Glen BAXTER
    "I'd like you to meet the future Mrs Bosworth" announced the Captain, 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    53 x 79 cm
  16. Glen BAXTER
    "We'll have no alliteration in this here bonkhouse" snorted McCulloch, 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  17. Glen BAXTER
    My job was to ensure uncle Frank got safely off to work each day, 2022
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  18. Glen BAXTER
    "Lot 146, un Bacon superbe, rare, dernière période ..." , 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    79 x 53 cm
  19. Glen BAXTER
    Notre visite au musée d'art contemporain ne se passa pas exactement comme prévue , 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    53 x 79 cm
  20. Glen BAXTER
    Dining out with uncle Derek was not for the faint hearted , 2021
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    38 x 27 cm
  21. Glen BAXTER
    The response from the parisian art critics is swift and decisive , 2022
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    27 x 38 cm
  22. Glen BAXTER
    Despite reassurances, Alice remained resolutely unconvinced it was a genuine Rembrandt, 2022
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    38 x 27 cm
  23. Glen BAXTER
    "As you can see, I've managed to make the transition from portrait to landscape" explained the Maestro , 2022
    Encre et crayon sur papier
    38 x 27 cm
  24. Glen BAXTER
    Le bonsai raté de M. Cailleteau fut le clou de ce triste weekend à Royan , 2003
    Ink and pencil on paper
    27 x 38 cm
  25. Glen BAXTER
    Every morning it was my job to ensure uncle Frank got safely off to work, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm

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  26. Glen BAXTER
    Our autumn project was to design a useful household appliance , 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  27. Glen BAXTER
    After only three weeks at the new company, I was given my own desk , 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm

    Collection Privée
  28. Glen BAXTER
    We later discovered uncle Frank was the brains behind an international goldfish smuggling racket, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  29. Glen BAXTER
    Many a family argument was easily resolved , 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  30. Glen BAXTER
    " Je crains que ce ne soit un autre Rembrandt ... " , 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  31. Glen BAXTER
    Despite reassurances, Alice remained resolutely unconvinced it was a genuine Rembrandt, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  32. Glen BAXTER
    " Encore une de ces plaquettes de poésie d'avant-garde! " s'écria Jacobsen, 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  33. Glen BAXTER
    We would never forget our very first Dutch picnic, 2020
    Ink and pencil on paper
    27 x 38 cm
  34. Glen BAXTER
    Fort heureusement, j'ai fini par trouver un espace fumeur dans le jardin de l'auberge, 2008
    Ink and pencil on paper
    27 x 38 cm
  35. Glen BAXTER
    Pierre avait choisi de passer Noël à la maison dans la plus pure tradition anglaise , 2020
    Ink and pencil on paper
    27 x 38 cm
  36. Glen BAXTER
    Je me souviens avec émotion du premier jour où mon père m'envoya à l'école d'art, 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  37. Glen BAXTER
    "You'll never get my tofu au gratin recipe ! " roared Pierre , 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  38. Glen BAXTER
    I began to realize it might be time to rethink my conservation strategy , 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    27 x 38 cm
  39. Glen BAXTER
    Signs of tension at the Jasper Johns retrospective , 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  40. Glen BAXTER
    The arrival of warmer weather brings the opportunity to resume the traditional family picnic, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  41. Glen BAXTER
    Tout ce que je savais de la perspective je le devais à oncle Jacques, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  42. Glen BAXTER
    As the clock chimed seven, the first of the four hundred croissants hit their target, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  43. Glen BAXTER
    Old Red had an almost infallible knack for sniffing out an authentic Rothko canvas, 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  44. Glen BAXTER
    "Looks like you and I have unfinished business here McGurk!" snorted the deputy art restorer, 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  45. Glen BAXTER
    The delivery of smoked tofu although persistent, were always reliable , 2022
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  46. Glen BAXTER
    I was desperately hoping he wouldn't spot the illegal pineapple , 2021
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  47. Glen BAXTER
    Que sais-je ? - Les Anglais , 2019
    Que sais-je ?
    Ink and pencil on paper
    78 x 56,5 cm
  48. Glen BAXTER
    Uncle Frank first entered my life on August 12th 1963, 2019
    Ink and pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  49. Glen BAXTER
    Changing a wheel for the rival team was always such a pleasure for us, 2017
    Ink and coloured pencil on paper
    79 x 53 cm
  50. Glen BAXTER
    It was at Chaundley camp where I first learned to set fire to my own kneecaps, 2016
    pencil and ink on paper
    53 x 79 cm
  51. Glen BAXTER
    Breaking with old English traditions was proving to be difficult for some, 2018
    Ink and coloured pencil on paper
    53 x 79 cm
  52. Glen BAXTER
    Roger commençait à reconsidérer son déménagement à la campagne, 2019
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  53. Glen BAXTER
    Je vous assure, Myriam, tout est absolument sous contrôle, 2019
    Ink and pencil on paper
    38 x 27 cm
  54. Glen BAXTER
    "Les gars, pas de groupe de lecture de Michel Houellebecq ici, au ranch des Chiens Noirs ! " Annonça le bibliothécaire, 2008
    Ink and pencil on paper
    27 x 38 cm / 10.62 x 14.96 in


Public collection

Arts Councill of Great Britain (UK)

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (FR)

Chase Manhattan Bank New York (USA)

De Young Museum, San Francisco (USA)

FNAC – Fond National d’Art Contemporain (FR)

FRAC Poitou-Charentes (FR)

FRAC Picardie (FR)

New York Public Library (USA)

Southampton University (UK)

Tate Gallery, London (UK)

Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK)



Introduction

Popular for his surreal and absurd narrative drawings, it is after having discovered Surrealism and Dadaism (de Chirico, Picabia, Magritte, Ernst, Beckett, Roussel...) that Glen Baxter developed an appetence for non-sense, the incongruous, irony. He adorns his drawings with comments to achieve a discrepancy, a common incongruity between the text and the image, creating an intense connection between language and its sounds. The burlesque of the depicted situation is answered by the grotesque of a commentary expressed in the most serious way in the world.

 

“The surrealists used to call it the ‘frisson’, this sudden impression that the ground opens up, that we went too fast, that we were mistaken. (…) It’s a fleeting but very strong sensation, as if the mind momentarily lost balance. Exactly what I’m trying to have those looking at my drawings feel. I’ve always loved these hitches in reality, these slight dizzy spells.” Glen Baxter in Stéphane Jarno, «Les dadas du Colonel», Télérama n° 3077, 2009

 

Major exhibitions of Glen Baxter’s drawings and paintings have been held in New York, London, San Francisco, Munich, Tokyo, Sydney and Paris where his work have been regularly exhibited (Galerie Martine et Thibault de La Châtre). His work is in the collections of the Tate Gallery and V&A Museum in London as well as in museums and private collections around the world. Glen Baxter is the author of numerous books, published in English and French (Edition Hoëbeke). His publications in magazines includes The New Yorker, The Independent on Sunday, Vanity Fair, Le Monde…

 

Born in Leeds (GB) in 1944, Glen Baxter lives and works in London.

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