Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
11 x 19.5cm, 2pp artist postcard released in response to the 2017 General Election where Britain voted to keep the reactionary and utterly useless Conservative Party in power. Bellingham adapts -Hegel's aphorism to "this farce will repeat itself appearing the first time as tragedy, the second time as history". VG+. ...
Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
Two different beermats in original plastic small bag - the first a 9.5 x 9,5cm square white on black beermat with the texts - SONGS AMONG VOICES and VOICES AMONGST VOICES- found on alternative sides.
The second beer mat is 9.5cm, dia round and has SONGS AMONGST SONGS and VOICES AMONGST SONGS found on alternative sides.
Created for the Iona Music Festival 2017. Edition size not known. VG+.
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Gorebridge: Lust & The Apple, 2017
10.8 x 13cm, 6pp. A fake announcement card created by the artist for a fictitious exhibition at LUST & THE APPLE - Kippenberger's Broken Centimetre (found in the Unoriginal Sins collection) is displayed alongside Bellingham's "Broken Tinfoil Kilometre" work (100 x 10m rolls of tinfoil) both referencing De Maria's famous work. Very small edition of c. 50 cards. VG+.
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Bruxelles: & More Publishers, 2017
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp hand made artist's postcard issued as part of the "Postal Service Series" - each card by Monk having a different artist's name rubber stamped underneath the offset printed text: "This postcard has been influenced by the work of". Here: MICHAEL ASHER the conceptual artist. The card is signed in full by Monk in pencil on the back. A unique (within a series) mail art work. Similar works by Monk were issued originally in 2003. VG+.
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2700 x 1200 x 20cm, found vintage metal, wood and leather blackboard with rotating writing area which has been turned into a major concrete work by Bellingham by the hand addition of four different works in chalk. Signed and date on the side. In perfect condition with one pre-existing flaw on the blackboard leather. ...
Paris: Collection 3 per Mathieu Mercier, 2017 8.5 x 6.5cm, multicolour thread embroidered badge with various stripe of different colours. Limited edition (size unknown) which sold out quickly. Fine in unopened plastic bag....
Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour image of debris on the ground - the shapes are reminiscent of those used in constructivist art (eg triangles). VG+
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Belgium: Dvir Gallery, 2017
21 x 15cm, 44pp plus printed wrappers. Exhibition catalogue for a show where Monk displayed enlarged sections of a Michelangelo Pistoletto photograph "Il cane di Pistoletto" which is a b/w image of the artist's dog. This copy is signed on the title page by Monk in blue felt tipped pen. VG+.
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London: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2017 15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for a posthumous show - one work "Zwei Frauen" from 1955 reproduced on the front, verso gallery details. VG+. ...
Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour image of a found wooden A shape which war clearly from a table or similar support. Bellingham has denoted this an "Improvised A". VG+
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Bruxelles: MOREpublishers, 2017
Two different printed envelopes - both DL - 11 x 21.5cm. The two have texts on the front - respectively AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER in red and AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK in blue. Each envelope has the other inside it.
Signed and numbered by Monk and Lexier on the back from an edition of 50 examples. This is the "European" edition version where the envelopes differ in size from the "North American" version.
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Original printed cardboard mailer with the work title and publisher's details. All VG+.
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Bruxelles: Paul + Wendy Productions, 2017 Two different printed envelopes - both DL - 10.5 x 23.5cm. The two have texts on the front - respectively AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER in red and AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK in blue. Each envelope has the other inside it. Signed and numbered by Monk and Lexier on the back from an edition of 50 examples. This is the North American" edition version where the envelopes differ in size from the "European" version....