N.E. Thing Co.
N.E. Thing Co. was a Canadian art collective producing work from 1967 to 1978. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, N.E. Thing Co. was run by co-presidents Iain and Ingrid Baxter.[1]
Seminal figures in the emergence of conceptual art movement in Canada during the late sixties, N.E. Thing Co. used corporate strategies to generate and frame its artistic practice.[1]
History
Founded in 1966 by Iain and Ingrid Baxter, N.E. Thing Co. was established as a conceptual vehicle that viewed the art world as "parallel [to] consumer culture."[1] N.E. Thing Co. was incorporated under the Companies Act in 1969.[1] Focusing on an interdisciplinary practice and using photography, site-specific performances and installation, N.E. Thing Co. is seen as a "key catalyst and influence for Vancouver photoconceptualism"[1] and is considered a precursor to the Vancouver School.[2] N.E. Thing Co. created some of the earliest photoconceptual works to display a tendency to use photography to document "idea-works and their sites, as language games and thematic inventories and as reflective investigations of the social and architectural landscape."[2] N.E. Thing Co. disbanded in 1978 when Iain and Ingrid ended their relationship.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Knight, Derek (1995). N.E. Thing Co.: The Ubiquitous Concept. Oakville, Ont.: Oakville Galleries. pp. 5–7. ISBN 9780921027560. OCLC 5272357.
- 1 2 Wallace, Ian (1990). Thirteen Essays on Photography. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. pp. 94–97. ISBN 9780888845573. OCLC 22279905.
Bibliography
- Baxter, Iain and Ingrid Baxter. You Are Now in the Middle of a N.E. Thing Co. Landscape: Works by Iain and Ingrid Baxter, 1965-1971. Vancouver: The Gallery, 1993. ISBN 0-88865-296-8
- Mewburn, Charity. Sixteen Hundred Miles North of Denver. Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1999. ISBN 0-88865-606-8
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External links
- N.E. Thing Co. Profile page at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Bio Info and Collection of Images.
- VOX gallery Bio page with Text and Images.
- Shaw, Nancy. Sitting the Banal: The Expanded Landscape of N.E. Thing Co. essay at vancouver in the sixties website. Academic article contextualising NETCO's practice.
- Mewburn, Charity. Sixteen Hundred Miles North of Denver. Exhibition essay from Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery solo show.