{"product_id":"eric-butcher-trace-elements-9781917458894","title":"Eric Butcher: Trace Elements","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Butcher | Jonathan Watkins | David Batchelor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Unicorn Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2020, motivated by environmental anxiety, artist Eric Butcher made an extraordinary commitment; to use only those materials already available in his studio - using up, repurposing and recycling what he already has without consuming more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe clock is ticking on the art of Eric Butcher. In 2020, motivated by environmental anxiety, the artist made an extraordinary commitment; to use only those materials already available in his studio - using up, repurposing and recycling what he already has without consuming more. When he has run out of materials he will simply stop making art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past six years Butcher has relentlessly pursued the logic of this enquiry, destroying his own work in the process and re-presenting the fragments of paint sandwiched between sheets of glass like specimens; a 'natural history' of his creative past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSumptuously documented by photographer Peter Abrahams with a fascinating essay by Jonathan Watkins and a revelling 'in conversation' between Eric Butcher and artist\/write David Batchelor, Trace Elements chronicles this unique and compelling on-going project.","brand":"Unicorn Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889467375767,"sku":"9781917458894","price":3155.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781917458894.webp?v=1781176559","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/eric-butcher-trace-elements-9781917458894","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}