Jonathan Monk - Unoriginal Sins

04 Nov EXHIBIT MODEL TWO. 2016. WITH POSTER. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Copenhagen: Nicholai Wallner, 2016
25.5 x 21cm, unpaginated (c. 64pp) plus boards. Exhibition catalogue with installation views throughout in b/w with highlighted colour in areas. The show was primarily site-specific wallpapers. There is a short essay by Grace Roy Hess. Laid in to a plastic corner on the back inside cover is a folded colour poster showing the installation that opens up to 19 x 58cm. This book is signed by Monk on the title page. VG+.

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04 Nov THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Torino: Studio Slavo, 2016
21 x 15cm, 48pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a show of paintings on canvas by Monk all of which are in the style of Salvo's tree paintings. These are gorgeous works by Monk even if clearly in homage to the arte povera artist who painted in a very rounded, geometric style. Twenty paintings all reproduced in colour. This book is signed by Monk on the title page. VG+.

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20 Oct PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. TOKYO. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.

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N.p.: Paul & Wendy Editions, 2016
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Tokyo 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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03 Sep MY MOTHER CLEANING MY FATHER’S PIANO. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Berlin: S.p. (Monk), 2016 30 x 21cm, 6pp folded single thing card sheet. Musical notation for the random noises created by the artist’s mother while cleaning her husband’s piano. Monk’s references to his father and mother are found in a number of works and this “music” was originally released in a limited edition seven inch vinyl record in 2001. Fine. This example unusually signed by Monk....

19 Aug UNTITLED (LAUGHING COW). 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Paris:Lab’Bel, 2016
11cm dia. x 5cm, sealed outer box content of a number of aluminium wrapped soft cheeses. One of a number (this being the third) of such boxes commissioned by the company where artists adapted the box design. Monk for his commission simply flipped the well known box design.
This example is signed on the base by Monk but sadly there are some marks from the spores from the cheese as it is very difficult to store such a work (we now think the best thing is to dry it out slowly and desicate the cheese which is our plan). Else VG and unopened.

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04 Aug BOITE COLLECTOR NO 3 STANDEE. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Paris: Lab Bel, 2016 54 x 27cm, thick cardboard standee used to promote the special edition of the La Vache dui rire cheese box (Collector's edition #3). Monk had taken the famous lid design and reversed it and added the text "Parfois nous oublions l'evidence. Etre original est presque impossible." This promotional item is signed by Monk on the reverse and was a gift from the artist to Paul Robertson. VG+. ...

28 Jul THE MAGNETISM OF COLOUR. 2016. ONE OF 25 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

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Bruxelles: More Publishers, 2016
94 x 68cm, four colour silkscreen print showing a photograph of a package of coloured fridge magnets as well as the unopened package of 10 of the same fridge magnets. A self-referential artwork - the print is expected to be held in place on a metal background by the magnets.
This is one of only 25 signed and numbered examples (aside from 5 artist's proofs).
Both magnet package and print are in VG+ condition.

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14 Jul EXHIBIT MODEL ONE. 2016.

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Basselland: Kunsthalle Baselland, 2016
15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for a solo show with an image of a Rolls Royce car in a garage on the front, verso minimal gallery details. VG+. ...

02 Jul IN RELIEF (MY COLLECTION OF SOL LEWITT BOOKS – EXACT SIZE, SHAPE AND OCCASIONALLY COLOUR, 2015. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Zurich: Archiv, 2016
21 x 21cm, 28pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue and artist's book which displays Monk's wooden relief sculptures (reminiscent of Ben Nicholson or Louise Nevelson) which are based on the shape and sizes of Sol Lewitt books in Monk's personal collection of books. Essay in English by David Platzker. This book is signed in blue felt tipped pen by Monk. VG+. One of 400 published.

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30 May BEING ORIGINAL IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK WITH HANDWRITTEN POST-IT NOTE.

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Paris: Lab Bel, 2016
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement card announcing the special edition of the La Vache dui rire cheese box (Collector's edition #3). Monk had taken the famous lid design and flipped it in a mirror image. There is a text by the artist inside in English and background to the collection.
This card is signed on the back cover by Monk and there is also a Post-It note which Monk has written to Paul Robertson "I could send you some cheese if you wish/JM" in pencil. VG+

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25 May IN RELIEF (MY COLLECTION OF SOL LEWITT BOOKS – EXACT SIZE, SHAPE AND OCCASIONALLY COLOUR), 2015. 2015. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Zurich: Archiv, 2016
21 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a solo show where Monk displayed relief sculptures in wood and other materials that were the exact shape of Lewitt books owned by the artist. This example is signed by Monk in felt tipped pen on the back. VG+.

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01 May JONATHAN MONK. JAN VAN DER PLOEG, CHRISTINE LOHR. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Basel: Kunsthaus Baselland, 2016
21 x 15cm, 6pp single folded announcement leaflet for three separate exhibitions of which Monk was one alongside van der Ploeg and Lohr. Mon's deflated Sculpture II is reproduced on the front of the card, internally short biographies in German and English. This card is signed by Monk in pencil on the back page. VG+.

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