23 Sep READING. 2006. BOOKMARK.
Glasgow: Wax366, 2006
17 x 5.3cm, 2pp bookmark printed white on silver with a text on the front: where the word READING is split into two lines which each iteration bringing a different meaning to the text. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2006
17 x 5.3cm, 2pp bookmark printed white on silver with a text on the front: where the word READING is split into two lines which each iteration bringing a different meaning to the text. VG+.
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27 x 11cm, 1pp. Original ink on white paper drawing which consists of the word FUCK placed into a 4 x 4 matrix and some of the letters replaced by Xs. A unique concrete poem. Signed and dated in pencil on the back by Bellingham. VG+
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Edinburgh: The State of Art, September 2006
34 x 28cm, 32pp, Single number of an art journal in the form of a tabloid newspaper with a double page article on Finlay by his collaborator Richard Demarco written six months after the former's death. As usual Demarco manages to make the article mostly about his own role in the poet's success. Folded for storage else VG.
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Nurnberg: Kunsthalle Nurnberg, 2006
21 x 10cm, 6pp announcement card/leaflet for a solo show with 4 works illustrated in colour and a short text in English and German. VG+.
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Berlin: Haubrokshows, 2006 30 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for a group show with contributions from Douglas Gordon, Peter Puller, Simon Starling, Christopher Williams, Edgar Arceneaux and Cezary Bodzianowski as well as Monk. One of Monk's portraits of Axel Haubrok is reproduced on the front and verso alongside gallery details is a hand-written note from Monk to Paul Robertson about various items sent by Monk to the latter. SLight marks else VG+. ...
Toronto: Nothing Else Press, 2006
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Toronto post box where the card was posted. One of a long series of similar cards sent from all over the world. This example is signed on the reverse by Monk but has not been posted from the mailbox. VG+.
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Bruxelles: Galerie Jan Mot, January 2006
21 x 15cm, 8pp. A single number of the gallery's newsletter which covers various exhibitions and also reproduces Monk's Picture Postcard Posted from Post Box Pictured in Brussels which the gallery is publishing. Additionally various paragraphs have been removed by Monk by overprinting of a white column hence also this has elements of being an artist's book. VG+.
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Glasgow: WAX336, 2006
15 x 7.5cm, 2pp. Artist's postcard with a slightly adapted image of a table salt label from a grocer's store called Costcutters (common in Scotland), The original "TABLE SALT" has bee changed to "TABLE TALK" so that the card indicates a fun meal. VG+.
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27 x 11cm, 1pp. Original ink on white paper drawing which consists of the word SHIT placed into a 4 x 4 matrix and some of the letters replaced by Xs. A unique concrete poem. Signed and dated in pencil on the back by Bellingham. VG+
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N.p: Edition Monopol, 2006
40 x 29cm, found aluminium coat hanger which has been shaped by hand by Monk in attempt to create a perfect circle underneath the hanger. Such a task is near impossible and the title hints at the hopelessness of the venture. One of a series of such works (unlimited) which comes with a signed certificate of authenticity from Monk. VG+.
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n.p.: Neue Review, 2006
16 x 11.4cm, 2pp art postcard published by DIA in NYC displaying one of Alighiero E Boetti's world map tapestries (from the exhibition Worlds Envisioned). The card comes with a blue lapiz lazuli tipped earring. All are found in a manilla bard backed envelope - 23 x 16cm, with printed label which explains how the work should be presented: "Using the attached earring please pin the post card directly to the walk through the hole provided."
The hole in the card is in Afghanistan where Boetti had many of his tapestries made by artisans and also is buried. The blue earring is also heavily associated with the region. This is a remembrance of the artist in many ways.
This is one of only 9 examples - each signed and numbered by Monk in pencil on the back of the postcard. VG+
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NYC: Zwirner & Wirth, 2006
20.5 x 20.5cm, 2pp announcement card for a group show honouring Bruce Nauman with work by a wide number of artists including Jonathan Monk. The front image is by Jessica Diamond. VG+.
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