Jonathan Monk - Unoriginal Sins

14 Jun PHOTO SOUVENIR (MEXICO CITY). 2003. UNIQUE WORK.

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Two colour photographs (both 21 x 29.7cm)) and two 35mm colour slides. Signed certificate with instructions for display: "The two images should not be displayed within the same space. The work can be made in a number of different ways, either both photographs can be show, both slides projected (the projected dimensions are variable) or one photograph and one projection.
The owner of the work must decide how the piece is to be installed. For every installation a different rule can be followed.
Duplicate slides should not be made. Fading only alters the look of the piece, but not it's intention."
The work shows two similar but slightly different images of a lorry being refuelled in a Mexican petrol station. In the background are stripes on a wall which look somewhat like a Daniel Buren stripes work (hence the title "Photo Souvenir - which is a title Buren uses for his photo=documentations of works).
An unique work by Monk only ever exhibited in the "Secret Exhibition" show in Edinburgh in 2013 curated by Paul Robertson. VG+.

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19 Mar SHEET OF INK THUMBPRINTS USED FOR ONE OF TWO. 2003.

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29.5 x 21cm, nine original ink thumb prints made by Jonathan Monk for the object multiple "One of Two". Folded and numbered in part by Monk to show his preferences. This is NOT an artwork but rather part of the documentation for that work. True ephemera.

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08 Mar NEITHER A BORROWER, NOR A LENDER BE. 2003. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Bristol: Arnolfini, 2003
15 x 21cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a b/w photograph of a cute dog on the front. Verso gallery details. This card is signed in pencil by Monk on the reverse. VG+.

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27 Feb THIS POSTCARD HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OF BRUCE NAUMAN. 2003. UNIQUE SIGNED CARD FROM A SERIES.

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27 Feb THIS POSTCARD HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OF JOSEPH KOSUTH. 2003. UNIQUE SIGNED CARD FROM A SERIES WITH ATTACHED HANDWRITTEN POST-IT NOTE.

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Copenhagen: Nicolai Wallner, 2003
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp hand made artist's postcard issued during a Danish solo show - each card having a different artist's name rubber stamped underneath the printed text: "This postcard has been influenced by the work of". Here: JOSEPH KOSUTH. The card is signed "JM" on the back and additionally there is an added yellow post-it note added with the text: "Dear Paul, Unique hand stamped postcard never mailed. Signed on reverse. JM>" An unique work with unique added message. VG+.
joint:
Original hand-addressed envelope sent to Paul Robertson from Jonathan Monk.

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30 Jan PROJECTED WORKS. 2003. SIGNED BY MONK.

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London: Lisson Gallery, 2003
16 x 16cm, 2pp. Announcement card for a solo show of projected works (his second solo show at Lisson) with an appropriated duotone photograph of Gilbert & George in the 1960s. Verso gallery details. This card is signed in pencil by Monk on the reverse. VG+.

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10 Jan SMALL FIRES BURNING (AFTER ED RUSCHA AFTER BRUCE NAUMAN AFTER). 2003. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Graz: Grazer Kunstverein, 2003
21 x 15cm, 2pp. Announcement card for a solo show in Graz with a b/w image of a lighter on the front referencing Ruscha. This example is signed in red ink on the back of the card. VG+.
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08 Nov REVOLVER. 2002. SIGNED ON THE REVERSE IN MULTIPLE COLOURS BY MONK.

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Paris: Librarie Florence Loewry, 2002 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Typographic announcement card (with assorted fonts used in the typography) for a solo show - however this card has been signed by Monk on the back using multiple colours of crayon (possibly by the artist's child) and red ink for the surname. VG+. ...

27 Oct MY HEIGHT IN HB PENCIL. 2002. UNIQUE HAND DRAWN CARD IN A SERIES.

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Toronto: Art Metropole, 2002
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp printed b/w postcard with a hand-drawn pencil line by Monk with instructions to "install this postcard on any wall with the pencil line six feet above the floor". A self portrait of the artist of sorts. One of 200 copies of this object multiple which is signed on the reverse in pencil. VG+.

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14 Oct ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER STADIUM ON FIRE. 2002. EDITIONED PRINT – SIGNED BY MONK.

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Graz: Grazer Kunstverein, 2002
23 x 15cm colour photographic print - displaying an image of Monk's hand holding up a commercial postcard of Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium which is in flames. One of a series of editioned photographs by Monk in an unstated limitation. Verso this example is unusually signed in blue ink by the artist and has a title label displaying the date and the museum (Grazer Kunstverein, Graz and 2002) where the work was created. VG.

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11 Sep 1 + 1 = 2. 2002. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Karlsruhe: Meyer Riegger Galerie, 2002
21 x 9.9cm, single sheet folded to 12pp which opens to 42 x 29.5cm. Announcement and exhibition poster printed on grey paper which internally notes over a flat sheet of grey that the first public exhibition of Daniel Buren's vertically striped paintings in Paris at the Galerie Fournier in March 1966. This leaflet is signed by Monk on the front in pencil. VG+.

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29 Jul JIM, JONATHAN, KENNY, FRANCES AND SOL. 2002.

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Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 2002
15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for a group show on neo-conceptual art including British artists Jim Lambie, Kenny MacLoed, Francis Stark and Monk as well as works by Sol Lewitt. Typographic design on front, verso details in Dutch. VG+.

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