01 Mar MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK. 2015.
Saint-Ouen: Untilthen, 2015
10 x 29.7cm, 6pp typographic announcement card for a joint exhibition between Rodney Graham and Monk. VG+.
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Saint-Ouen: Untilthen, 2015
10 x 29.7cm, 6pp typographic announcement card for a joint exhibition between Rodney Graham and Monk. VG+.
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Glasgow: Seebed Press, 2015
15 x 21cm, 52pp in embossed and printed thick boards, string bound. A cataloguing of the works commissioned by the European Association of Archaeologists Glasgow up to 2015. Works include the Boyle Family, Thomas Joshua Cooper and Catherine Mooney, Kate Downie as well as Finlay's ALL GREATNESS STANDS FIRM IN THE STORM from 1990 where the text in Greek (a translated quotation by Heidegger from Plato's Republic) was inscribed in both languages on the granite pillars of the Old Caledonian Railway Bridge over the River Clyde. The site specific work clearly emphasises the structure and its solidity over the centuries. One colour image of the work is reproduced. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2015
15 x 10.5cm, backing card with the title text EVERYDAY OBJECT on it and a tipped on paper calendar. The joke being the pun of course, Housed in original plastic folder. VG+ - a New Year gift from Bellingham to friends and colleagues - limitation not many. VG+. ...
Glasgow: WAX366, 2015
14.5 x 21cm, 2pp letterpress artist postcard with the texts "YEARS HAVE NO NEED FOR DAYS." and "DAYS HAVE NO NEED FOR YEARS." on opposite sides. Issued as a New Year gift by Bellingham for friends and colleagues. VG+
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Bruxelles: MORE Publishers, 2015
A complete set of twelve 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp postcards - each sent one week apart to Paul Robertson. The image on the front is appropriated from the famous Richard Hamilton Whitley Bay postcard which the latter issued with hand-tinted additions from a b/w picture of the beach at the British holiday resort.
Hamilton issued two versions of this card - one as here and the other in the SMS (Shit Must Stop) portfolio in 1968 where the artist enlarged the original image time and time again to eventually isolate one figure of a woman in the final image.
Monk's reworking of the original starts with the first card being the same size and an exact reproduction of the original Hamilton card but each consecutive card posted monthly was enlarged by cropping out the printers border. This mirrors Hamilton's SMS publication only as mail art.
Each of the cards was sent to the same person (Robertson) and is signed by Monk and hand numbered from a total edition of 40 copies. Apart from any mailing marks (franking, stamps) this is a complete and VG+ group of one of Monk's most important mail art works.
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Newcastle on Tyne: Locus +, 2014
21x 15cm, 4pp printed folder with gusset content of a small padded jiffy bag containing a broken glass Xmas ornament. Monk has created other works that consist of damaged items - including one work where he pour a glass of red wine on a collectors’ white long-pile carpet. One of 500 such works released by Locus+ as a Xmas gift/card.
JOINT: Original red posting envelope. Both in fine condition.
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N.p. (Karlsruhe):Meyer Riegger Gallerie, 2013
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp Christmas card issued by the gallery - on the front is a sculptural work by Monk - "Together again alone by himself as someone else" which is a image of as Father Christmas but this also references Paul McCathy the artist who often portrays himself as Santa! Signed in pencil on the back by Monk. VG+.
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21 x 15cm, black on white inkjet with found hand applied colours. A proposal for a unique artwork - a flag of all four British nations with the word "land" replaced by a colour although Wales also has a colour - this was never realised. A work promoting the idea of British commonality against the separatism of some Scottish politicians. Slight creases else VG. Unique.
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London: Lisson Gallery, 2014
25 x 17.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement on thick card for a solo show in London. VG+.
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Berlin: Little Krimminals, 2014
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a show of works by Monk referencing Christopher Wool: signed by Monk on the reverse. VG+.
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Torino: Quartz Studio, 2014
10.5 x 21.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for an Italian exhibition joint with Nannucci. Signed in pencil on the back by Monk. VG+.
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Torino: Edizioni dell'Arengario, 2014
21 x 15cm, 24pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a show of Monk's books, photographs and other ephemera - 77 items are listed from the book dealer's collection. 30 colour images of the collection. This is one of only 30 numbered copies of this very rare catalogue.
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