CANADA'S GREATEST ARTIST

Artist Iain Baxter, who hails from Canada, pours distilled water over stuffed animals and seals them in canning jars. He heaps tin cans stripped of their labels in grocery carts. He arranges commercial products on shelves, his brand of still life

inspired by the wonderful paintings of Giorgio Morandi.

In the second gallery you will discover the splendid One and All, which contains 1,000 wine bottles wrapped with twists of tissue paper and set in a circle on the floor. The paper is black, yellow, pink and red, producing the effect of a garden in bloom.      

All this and more is on display at the Museum of New Art (MONA) in Pontiac, where you can find fulfillment for some of your reservations about installation art.

- Joy Hakanson Colby