JAMES CAPPER : RIPPER TEETH IN ACTION

2 Aug-26 Aug 2011

Overview

A major new commission by artist James Capper. Ripper Teeth in Action brings to a close a three-year programme of off-site commissions and residencies on the Rose Hill estate in Oxford, led by Modern Art Oxford and generously supported by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Inspired by the aesthetics and actions of large-scale construction machinery, Capper will employ a set of steel ‘ripper teeth’ of his own design to work on sections of land around Rose Hill. In a series of live performances taking place throughout August, the artist will use an excavator vehicle to wield these custom-built fittings and explore their capacity for mark-making on the landscape.