The 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.
Over 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.
Sumptuously 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.
| ISBN: | 9781917458894 |
| Publication date: | 27th May 2026 |
| Author: | Eric Butcher |
| Publisher: | Unicorn an imprint of Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Genres: |
The Arts Biography: arts and entertainment Individual artists, art monographs The Arts: art forms Biographies & Autobiographies Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
The 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.
Eric Butcher - Trace Elements features in the following genres: The Arts, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual artists, art monographs, The Arts: art forms, Biographies & Autobiographies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Hardback. £31.50, down from the £35.00 cover price. In Stock.
Eric Butcher - Trace Elements was written by Eric Butcher and published by Unicorn an imprint of Unicorn Publishing Group
Eric Butcher - Trace Elements has 160 pages
£31.50, reduced from £35.00. In Stock.