01 Mar MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK. 2015.
Saint-Ouen: Untilthen, 2015
10 x 29.7cm, 6pp typographic announcement card for a joint exhibition between Rodney Graham and Monk. VG+.
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15 Jan A COPY OF RICHARD WHITLEY BAY 1965. ANOTHER COPY OF….. 2015. A COMPLETE SET OF 40 NUMBERED AND SIGNED POSTCARDS
Bruxelles: MORE Publishers, 2015
A complete set of twelve 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp postcards - each sent one week apart to Paul Robertson. The image on the front is appropriated from the famous Richard Hamilton Whitley Bay postcard which the latter issued with hand-tinted additions from a b/w picture of the beach at the British holiday resort.
Hamilton issued two versions of this card - one as here and the other in the SMS (Shit Must Stop) portfolio in 1968 where the artist enlarged the original image time and time again to eventually isolate one figure of a woman in the final image.
Monk's reworking of the original starts with the first card being the same size and an exact reproduction of the original Hamilton card but each consecutive card posted monthly was enlarged by cropping out the printers border. This mirrors Hamilton's SMS publication only as mail art.
Each of the cards was sent to the same person (Robertson) and is signed by Monk and hand numbered from a total edition of 40 copies. Apart from any mailing marks (franking, stamps) this is a complete and VG+ group of one of Monk's most important mail art works.
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20 Dec A SMALL GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT PLACED INSIDE A PADDED ENVELOPE & STAMPED ON BY JONATHAN MONK. 2014.
Newcastle on Tyne: Locus +, 2014
21x 15cm, 4pp printed folder with gusset content of a small padded jiffy bag containing a broken glass Xmas ornament. Monk has created other works that consist of damaged items - including one work where he pour a glass of red wine on a collectors’ white long-pile carpet. One of 500 such works released by Locus+ as a Xmas gift/card.
JOINT: Original red posting envelope. Both in fine condition.
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17 Dec MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2014. SIGNED BY MONK.
N.p. (Karlsruhe):Meyer Riegger Gallerie, 2013
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp Christmas card issued by the gallery - on the front is a sculptural work by Monk - "Together again alone by himself as someone else" which is a image of as Father Christmas but this also references Paul McCathy the artist who often portrays himself as Santa! Signed in pencil on the back by Monk. VG+.
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14 Nov I (HEART) 1984. 2014.
London: Lisson Gallery, 2014
25 x 17.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement on thick card for a solo show in London. VG+.
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11 Nov JONATHAN MONK WOOL EN (sic). 2014. SIGNED BY MONK.
Berlin: Little Krimminals, 2014
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a show of works by Monk referencing Christopher Wool: signed by Monk on the reverse. VG+.
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08 Nov MONK NANNUCCI. 2014. SIGNED BY MONK.
Torino: Quartz Studio, 2014
10.5 x 21.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for an Italian exhibition joint with Nannucci. Signed in pencil on the back by Monk. VG+.
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07 Nov ARTISTS’ BOOKS (sic) PHOTOS INVITATIONS POSTERS. 2014. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES.
Torino: Edizioni dell'Arengario, 2014
21 x 15cm, 24pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a show of Monk's books, photographs and other ephemera - 77 items are listed from the book dealer's collection. 30 colour images of the collection. This is one of only 30 numbered copies of this very rare catalogue.
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20 Oct PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. LLANDUDNO. 2014. SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.
Llandudno: Mostyn, 2014
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Welsh 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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02 Sep FROM THE YEAR I WAS BORN UNTIL THE YEAR I LEFT AMERICA. 2014. ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES.
Paris: One Star Press, 2014
26 x 17cm, unpaginated. Printed card covers. First edition of this artist’s book which displays a series of American cents (both front and back) one for each of the titular years. This is one of 250 numbered copies. Fine.
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23 May ALL THE POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF TWELVE LIGHTS LIGHTING (ONE AT A TIME). 2014. WITH STICKER SHEET.
Karlesruhe: Meyer Riegger, 2014
21 x 15cm, unpaginated. Original wrappers. Artist's book which displays the same b/w photograph of a Vespa and several blank pages. An additional 21 x 15cm, 1pp sheet of adhesive stickers is also supplied and the owner of the book is instructed to use the stickers (in 12 different colours) to create "your own unique combination of lights" supposedly from the various lights on the scooter. The reference is, of course, Sol Lewitt's systematic work-throughs of combinations of colours in his artist's books but made more physical in a the form of a design classic. VG+.
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30 Apr THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME. 2014. UNIQUE ANNOUNCEMENT CARD IN A SERIES.
Berlin: Haubrok Projects, 2014
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card for a group show including Michael Asher, Martin Creed, On Kawara, Andreas Slominski, Ian Wilson and Haegue Yang as well as Monk. Each card was hand-stamped with the title on the front by Monk in black ink - hence each was different from each other. VG+.
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