Idle Hands: The Art of Coop

by Chris Cooper

While Coop's previously published works, Devil's Advocate: The Art of Coop and The Big Fat One, have focused primarily on the artist's illustrations, Idle Hands showcases a significant amount of Coop's work as a fine artist over the past decade.
Using acrylic paint, Coop takes the bold iconography of his past work and re-contextualizes it on a larger scale, examining its individual parts to create a cohesive whole.
This book contains everything that Coop's fans love about his work, presented side-by-side with a healthy dose of surprises. It's as high-quality as expected, and as outrageous as hell.

Genres: Art

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2011

About the author

Chris Cooper, the legendary lowbrow artist better known as Coop. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and currently making waves in Austin, Texas, Coop is a trailblazer in the Kustom and Hot Rod community, renowned for his iconic grinning devil and provocative devil girls.

Reviews

[Donald Armfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Coop is the devil" is what Bobby Boushay's mother would say.

And at that she would be right. His famous Devil girls have made status around the world. His artwork evolves around naked devil girls and very tempted for the one-eyed Cyclops to take a gander.

This is another publication from Baby Tattoo Books. And another eye-gasm.

[Les · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty phenomenal art book. Chris Cooper and I share a penchant for cars built for speed and women built for comfort. More importantly, Chris' book is a reflection of growing up steeped in LA's Kar Kulture. Idle Hands contains beautiful reproductions of his work in a heavy bound coffee table edition. It's a rare and wonderful thing to hold an actual book like this in one's hand in this day of the ubiquitous ebook. Highly recommended.