{"product_id":"stephen-cripps-pyrotechnic-sculptor-with-an-essay-by-david-toop","title":"STEPHEN CRIPPS: PYROTECHNIC SCULPTOR, with an essay by David Toop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcme Housing Association Limited, 1002, first edition 107 pp., \u003c\/span\u003e8 1\/2\" X 11 3\/4\", Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffers a fascinating insight into Cripps' artistic practice in performance-based and transitory works. Cripps utilized a heady mixture of sculpture made from found objects, urban sounds and explosives. His work was exceptionally experimental, dynamic, energetic, imaginative and continually pushed boundaries, his performances were dangerous, exhilarating, atavistic and seismic. These unique combinations resulted in a spectacular assault on the senses of all present. He produced a powerful body of work throughout the mid-late 1970s until his untimely death in 1982.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause of the ephemeral aspect Cripps' body of work little of it remains. This volume dives into his archives and presents photographs of exhibitions and performances as well as drawings for his elaborate projects, many of which were never realized (and some which were unrealizable).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Familiar Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51929577160990,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0308\/9956\/8776\/files\/IMG_9303.jpg?v=1780769945","url":"https:\/\/familiartrees.com\/products\/stephen-cripps-pyrotechnic-sculptor-with-an-essay-by-david-toop","provider":"Familiar Trees","version":"1.0","type":"link"}