{"product_id":"eric-butcher-eric-butcher-9781917458894","title":"Eric Butcher: Trace Elements","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Butcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917458894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917458894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unicorn Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Eric Butcher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748358238463,"sku":"9781917458894","price":52.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eric-butcher-eric-butcher-9781917458894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}