21 Sep

Posted at 11:17h in Jonathan Monk

Torino: Norma Mangione Gallery, 2020
21 x 15cm, 24pp. Digitally printed exhibition catalogue with the exhibited eight oil of wood paintings all illustrated - the paintings are blurred (by enlargement) images from German photographs from football matches. The blurring is reminiscent of Gerhard Richter's early work. Text in English and German Luca Cerizza. This example is signed on the back cover in black felt tipped pen by Monk.

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12 Sep

Posted at 12:15h in Jonathan Monk

Leonards-on-sea: Project 78 Press, 2020 21 x 15cm, unpaginated (28pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue and artist's book issued for a neo-conceptual art exhibition curated by Scott Robertson who included work by Jonathan Monk, Ryan Gander and Lynda Morris, Aidan Moffat amongst others. Monk's work was based on a number of visits to Starbucks where the artist gave his name as that of famous conceptual artists which were written on the cups by the Barista. One colour image of a "Carl Andre" cup is reproduced. This is one of only 90 initialled (by Robertson) and numbered copies. VG+. ...

28 Aug

Posted at 10:05h in Jonathan Monk

Berlin: s.p., 2020
30 x 21cm white paper on which Monk has tipped on 8 different Design/Miami VIP plastic cards sent to him by the Art Fair over the last eight years. On the front Monk has attached a yellow post-it note "Was going to throw these out - thought they might be of interest?" and that is it - pure ephemera? Unintended collage?. VG+.

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27 Aug

Posted at 11:05h in Jonathan Monk

N.p.: Loodd Art, 2020
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card for an object multiple where Monk purchased a cheese pie from a Greek bakery designed by Giorgio de Chitico's father in 1911 where the baker still uses the olive wood burning ovens following the traditional recipes of his forefathers.
"The pie was immediately 3D scanned and this digital pie was then perfectly recreated by a CNC routing machine in hard wood...

16 Aug

Posted at 20:29h in Jonathan Monk

N.p. (Kopenhagen): Den Danske Radeerforeining, 2020
25 x 19cm, 4pp announcement brochure for Monk's limited edition inkjet print showing images of a transparency slide - being a holiday photograph of someone (perhaps a Monk family member) in LA. Referencing the Bruce Nauman artist's book. Short text in danish. Signed in pencil on the back page by Monk. One small mark on front else VG.

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17 May

Posted at 23:24h in Jonathan Monk

Bruxelles: MORE Publishers, 2020
17 x 12cm, 2pp commercial postcard displaying a view of the Atomium in Brussels taken during nighttime hours. Added to the bottom left of the card is a quarter of another card with the exact same view - but here the image was taken during daylight hours. The two sections are kept together by the use of a black plastic coated paper clip.
The back of the card is signed and dated in pencil by Monk and there is another printed sheet of card with the details of the edition and the number from the edition. Only 16 such combination of cards were made. VG+.

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17 May

Posted at 23:14h in Jonathan Monk

Bruxelles: MORE Publishers, 2020
17 x 12cm, 2pp commercial postcard displaying a view of the Atomium in Brussels taken during daylight hours. Added to the bottom left of the card is a quarter of another card with the exact same view - but here the image is at nighttime. The two sections are kept together by the use of a white plastic coated paper clip.
The back of the card is signed and dated in pencil by Monk and there is another printed sheet of card with the details of the edition and the number from the edition. Only 16 such combination of cards were made. VG+.

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27 Feb

Posted at 09:29h in Jonathan Monk

Milano: Loom Gallery, 2020
21 x 15cm, 32pp (self cover) artist's book/exhibition catalogue displaying full colour images of all 32 works by Monk where "Judd Boxes" were reproduced using mostly soft materials - thus referencing Oldenburg's soft sculptures.This example is signed by Monk on the back page. VG+. ...

17 Dec

Posted at 16:00h in Jonathan Monk

Tel Aviv: Centre for Contemporary Art, 2019 21 × 14.8 cm / 68pp plus card covers. Artists book which was also conceived as an exhibition catalogue, it includes images of the exhibition installation of full colour "wall paper" which shows works by Monk and others with only a few a three-dimensional objects included in the show. There is a curatorial essay by Nicola Trezzi in both English and Hebrew. This example is signed by Monk on the inside front cover in pencil. VG+....

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