Miami: The Moore Space, 2005
12.2 x 18cm, 2pp announcement card for a project by Monk where some vintage slides of Florida originally owned by Monk's father included the image of a red bathing suited woman jumping into the sea - Monk with students tried to recreate this scene in real life and record it in film and slide projection. VG+.
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Chapultpec: Galeria de Arte Mexicano, 2005 21 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show which included works by Josef Albers, Martin creed, Tina Modotti, Gunther Gerzco and others. VG+. ...
Avignon: Collection Lambert en Avignon, 2005
15 x 15 x 15cm, espresso coffee cup and saucer with an image of Warhol on the inside of the bottom of the cup and the title "I saw Andy Warhol at the bottom of my cup for a second, then he vanished." on the saucer. A limited edition object multiple which reminds the owner of the short timescale of Warhol's famous dictum that "in the future everyone will be famlus for 15 minutes."...
Nantes: Erban, 205
15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with a photograph by Monk on the front of someone modifying a turntable. Verso gallery details. This example is signed by Monk on the back.
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Rome: The British School at Rome, 2005
20 x 14.5cm, folded size. Opens to 42 x 58cm approx. Artist designed exhibition catalogue and poster -b/w photograph of a two Afghanistan mules in a landscape is recto and verso gallery details and a text in Italian and English regarding Monk's debt to Boetti (who is buried in Afghanistan). This copy is unusually signed in pencil on the front cover by Monk. Fine.
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Rome: British School at Rome, 2005
24 x 17cm, 44pp plus wrappers. Artist's book and exhibition catalogue designed by Monk with numerous colour images of photographs of Afghanistan taken by a Monk surrogate from his rear view car mirror and a film about Monk's understanding of the place where Boetti wanted to be buried after his death. There is an interview between Monk and Boetti's son and short essays all in both Italian and English. This copy of this early book is signed by Monk on the first page. VG+.
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Berlin: BuroFriedrich, 2004
30 x 42cm, small exhibition poster and mailer for an exhibition where famous conceptual art works are shown in small detail - the poster shows the "thumbs up" by Jan DIbbet's in the latter's famous postcard work. This example is signed in pencil by Monk on the front. VG+. ...
Torino: Galleria Sonia Rosso, 2004
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a negative photographic image of a cat, verso gallery details. VG+.
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NYC: Yvon Lambert, 2004
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a typographic design - a group show including work by Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Stanley Brouwn, Joan Jonas, On Kawara, Louse Lawler, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Dennis Oppenheim, Fred Sandback, Niele Toroni, Richard Tuttle and Lawrence Weiner. The exhibition was curated by Monk. VG+.
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Munchen: Spruth Magers, 2004
10.5 x 21cm, 2pp. Die-cut typographic design announcement card with a mirrored front and verso gallery details. This example signed by Monk on the back with flet tipped pen. VG+.
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Koln: Walther Konig, 2004
15.2 x 23.5cm, 64pp plus card covers. Artist's book where an initial slide of a glass of milk is duplicated, a duplicate was made of that duplicate, and so on, until there were 50 generations of the original image each becoming more blue in the colour range because of the flaws in the duplication method. Resolution and details are also lost. The book can also be seen as a flick-book with the pages creating a "movie" if flipped with the thumb. VG+ although there is a remnant of a price sticker on the back cover. One of 800.
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London: Book Works, 2004
19.7 x 15.8cm, 64pp plus 6 blank pages in different coloured paper stock. Artist's book with 48 colour images of artist's book in Monk's own collection - all conceptual art books by the likes of Weiner, Le Witt and Ruscha. The latter is interesting in that this book is similar to Ruscha's own publications which show bland, objective images and also Richard Price who displays record covers (Monk's punning title alludes to that). This is in VG+ condition and is a scarce book.
Monk has opened the shrink wrap and pushed a handwritten note into the package that says:" But which one is worth more? /Until then/JM." This is a reference to a second copy of the same book that Monk sent unopened in shrink wrap but signed on the plastic. VR+. Unique thus.
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