Jonathan Monk - Unoriginal Sins

26 Aug 1, 82. 2006. WITH HANDWRITTEN SIGNED NOTE FROM MONK TO PAUL ROBERTSON ON THE BACK.

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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+. ...

20 Aug PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. TORONTO. 2006. SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.

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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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15 Aug NEWSPAPER GALERIE JAN MOT. 48, 49. 2006. WITH MONK INTERVENTION.

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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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19 Jul THE ENDLESS SEARCH FOR PERFECTION. 2006. UNIQUE WITHIN A SERIES.

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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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15 Jul MISTAKES MISTAKES MISTAKES. 2006. ONE OF ONLY 9 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

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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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07 Jul YES BRUCE NAUMAN. 2006.

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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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21 Jun A WALK PAST STANDING SWIMMING POOLS. 2006.

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N.p.: s.p. (Monk), 2006 9 x 6cm, outer folder with tipped in 6pp accordion sheet with five colour images of swimming pool bases being stored on their side with one blank page. The book references both Richard Long's A Walk Past Standing Stones and Ed Ruscha's Nine Swimming Pools and a Glass of Milk (which also has one blank page in it). A visual joke as much as a neo-conceptual work. Slight sealed tear to folder along the bottom else VG+. Scarce....

21 Jun WHAT IS NOT HERE I DIDN’T HAVE OR COULD NOT FIND. UNIQUE WORK c. 2006. SIGNED BY MONK.

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N.p. (Berlin): S.p., n.d. (c. 2006) 23 x 16.5cm, 1pp. Handwritten text: "WHAT IS NOT HERE I DIDN'T HAVE OR COULD NOT FIND" on thick cardboard - initialled by Monk. Original small work. ...

27 May NEWSPAPER GALERIE JAN MOT. 54, 55. 2006. WITH MONK INTERVENTION.

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Bruxelles: Galerie Jan Mot, May 2006
21 x 15cm, 8pp. A single number of the gallery's newsletter which covers various exhibitions and includes an interview Monk and 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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27 May YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW ETC. 2006.

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St. Gallen: Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, 2006
21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for a solo show with a works in colour on the front and verso museum details. VG+.

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07 Apr JONATHAN MONK. RICHARD PRINCE. 2006.

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Wein: Galerie Mezzanin, 2006
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a show exhibiting both Monk and his hero Richard Prince. VG+.

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02 Apr BAS JAN ADER. 2006. WITH FOREWORD – SIGNED BY MONK.

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London: Camden Arts Center, 2006
21 x 15cm, 8pp plus card covers (which have tabs and metal hinges for storage). Exhibition catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of the work of the Dutch conceptual artist. There are 6 works reproduced in b/w and colour.
The catalogue has a text written by Jonathan Monk as foreword about Ader.
The catalogue is signed in pencil by Monk on the inside first page. VG+.

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