Jonathan Monk - Unoriginal Sins

14 Jun UNTITLED (NONE OF THE BUILDINGS ON SUNSET STRIP). 1997. UNIQUE PHOTO NOT USED IN THE BOOK..

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14.5 x 18.8cm, b/w silver gelatine print on Ilford MgIV paper displaying an unused (ie not reproduced in the artist's book "None of the buildings on the Sunset Strip") - an unique photograph.
On the rear in Monk's handwriting are the settings for the camera that he used, the word's "Artist's Proof" and the title "NONE OF THE BUILDINGS ON SUNSET STRIP", his signature in ink and the date 1997.
One small stain on the reverse and a very small, hard to notice fixative stain on the front but otherwise mint condition and unique.
JOINT:
A handwritten note from the artist to Paul Robertson explaining the photograph and offering it in part trade for future purchases. The letter is coffee stained on the left hand side due to large-dog-accident (bloody Yuri the first avant guard dog did it, clumsy lump of an animal but much missed).

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04 Mar CRASH BANG WALLOP. 1996. ARTIST’S TENTH EVER SOLO EXHIBITION.

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London: CIty Racing, n.d. (1996)
30 x 42cm, b/w offset exhibiton poster with a design by Monk (taken from a 1970s teen film) and a title taken from the Tommy Steele song (from Half A Sixpence). This was Monk's tenth only exhibition and his first in London. A folded and mailed copy sent to the poet Douglas Park. ...

02 Nov LYING JUDAS. 1995. MONK’S SECOND GLASGOW EXHIBITION.

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Glasgow/Loire: Tramway/Frac de Pays de la Loire, 1995BR> 21 x 15cm 48pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue from conceptualist Monk's second Glasgow one man show which was entitled "A Brush with Death".
Monk's work often takes the works of great artists and gives it a twist. Particularly good are Monk's holiday paintings - the essence of a vacation instilled into a textual advert on canvas - sold at the same price as the original holiday. Fine. Scarce.

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08 May LYING JUDAS BOOK LAUNCH. 1995. ARTIST’S FIRST BOOK.

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Glasgow: Tramway, 1995
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card for the launch of Monk's first book "Lying Judas". On the front is a photographic work "It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it" of a cleaner looking up the skirt of a sculpture of a woman. VG+. Very early ephemera....

14 Dec ALMOST ENOUGH. 1994. ARTIST’S FORTH EVER SOLO EXHIBITION.

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Glasgow: CCA Studio, 1994
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card with a b/w portrait of the younger artist on the front. Monk's forth ever public exhibitions (where he showed a video work) - the show being open for one day only. Verso gallery details. VG+. Scarce early card.

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23 Mar MY RECORD COLLECTION. 1994. ARTIST’S SECOND EVER solo EXHIBITION.

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Glasgow: s.p. (monk), 1994
21 x 15cm,1pp announcement card with a drawing by Monk (of him holding a record and surrounded by texts) for this the artist's second ever public exhibition. VG+. Rare.

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20 Nov FUSE. 1993. ONE OF MONK’S FIRST EVER EXHIBITIONS.

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Glasgow: Fuse Project, 1993
15.5 x 11 x 1cm, printed colour folder content of 40 different artist designed cards by those Glaswegian artists who had studios in the Fuse Project building in Bridgeton. The artists includes some very famous names - Martin Boyce, Douglas Gordon, Emma Kay, Ross Sinclair, Simon Starling and Monk. Each card was different but Monk has a self-portrait made up as Gene Simmons from Kiss in full make-up. A very early work by the artist. One additional card with background to the project. The cards are all in VG+ condition but the printed folder is a bit worn and aged. Rare.

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14 Jul KISS (ALIVE). 1993.

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Glasgow: s.p. (Monk), 1993
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard and one of Monk's earliest works where the artist portrayed himself in makeup similar to that worn by the rock band Kiss. Verso minimal details including the artist's then address. VG+....

26 Oct ONE OF A THOUSAND ARTWORKS BY JONATHAN MONK. 1991.

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Glasgow: s.p. (Monk), 1991
3 x 4cm, black on white adhesive label with the text: "ONE OF A THOUSAND ARTWORKS BY JONATHAN MONK" printed on them. This is one of 1,000 such sticky labels produced each as an artwork. A very early object/print multiple by the artist.

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