PWP073 - Crackers
by Jonathan Monk

Embroidered 100% cotton cap

Size: One size fits all, adjusts at the back

Accompanied by a card, signed by the artist

No longer available.

Artist's statement:

In my early teens my mother would often react to certain things I did or said with...you must be crackers*...

Many years later, I read that Ed Ruscha said Crackers, published by Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood in 1969 (the year of my birth), was the least popular of his artist books. It is also the cheapest and most readily available.

A combination of all of the above started my ongoing collection of the publication.

*crackers adjective (UK informal) silly, stupid, or slightly mentally ill (Cambridge Dictionary).

JM

Publishers' statement:

Monk’s collection now contains 50 copies. To mark this milestone, we’ve published a cap emblazoned with the word “crackers” in an edition of 50.