JONATHAN MONK

6616. 2016. ENVELOPE SIGNED BY MONK.

Bologna: Galleria Enrico Astuni, 2016
15 x 21cm, folded poster/booklet that opens up to 60 x 84cm poster. Designed by Monk each page opens up to a different textual work. This was issued during a group show curated by Lorenzo Bruni but Monk did not exhibit simply offering this work. The texts are in order: "IERI. OGGI. DOMANI. ECCETERA." which translated means "YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW. ETC."
JOINT:
Original printed envelope, neatly opened, signed in pencil on the back by Monk.

ARTE E CRITICA CITY. MARZO 2016. COVER BY MONK. SIGNED BY MONK.

Rome: Arte e Critica City, March 2016
21 x 15cm, 32pp (self cover). A single number of this art supplement which has a work by Monk on the front - a football - "Part of an untitled floor-piece for via Giula di Barolo", 2016. The rest of the supplement are listings of events. This number is signed in black felt pen on the inside first page by Monk.

THE LIFE SIZED BLACK (A PORCHE FOR RH). 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

Geneva: 5 rue de La Muse, 2016
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement card reproducing a bitmapped photograph of a black Porche sportscar over the inner pages. A work dedicated to RH (Richard Hamilton) - the actual car shown was Hamilton's that came to auction in the year before this election. Monk also discovered that the car's official manual was written by a "Richard Hamilton" - hence he began to recreate the car but by enlarging the online auction image - the life size images being heavily pixilated. This card is in VG condition and is signed on the back cover by Monk.

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

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+.

CHRISTINE LOHR, JAN VAN DER PLOEG

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

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+.

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

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+

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

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.

EXHIBIT MODEL ONE. 2016.

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+.

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

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.

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

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+.

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

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.

MY MOTHER CLEANING MY FATHER’S PIANO. 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

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.

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

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+.

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

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+.

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

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+.

THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. 2016.

Torino: Studio Salvo, 2016
21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduced painting on the front by Monk which has a very similar style (or parody or homage?) to that of the arte povera artist Salvo and gallery details on the back. This card is signed by Monk on the back in black felt tipped pen. VG+.

WALL DRAWING COVERED BY WALL (UNCOVERED). 2016. SIGNED BY MONK.

Brescia: Galleria Massimo Minini, 2016
30 x 21cm, 1pp announcement leaflet reproducing a drawing by Monk that references Sol Lewitt, Boetti and Weiner all at once. The over all design looks like several Boetti announcement leaflets but the drawing is a Lewitt cube and the idea of a wall drawing being covered and uncovered reminds one of early Lawrence Weiner conceptual art sculptures/structures. This example fo the leaflet is signed by Monk at the bottom in pencil. Folded for mailing else VG+.

FOUR DETAILS OF A SWIMMING COSTUME. 2016. ONE OF 40 SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITIONS.

Brussels: MOREpublications, 2016
Four b/w 20.7 x 14.6cm, b/e offset prints each showing an enlarged detail from a photograph of a female swimming costume that has an oval which has stripes on it - Monk is emphasising the similarity to a Daniel Buren in situ stripe work.
One of 40 signed and numbered examples aside from 7 artist's proofs. In original unprinted mailing envelope and with a 1pp signed colophon sheet. All VG+.

THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ISN’T NECESSARILY FUNNY. 2017. SIGNED BY MONK.

Leicester: De Montfort University, 2017
Standard audio cassette with a recording of the Monk sound work - "My Mother Cleaning My Father's Piano" which is exactly what it says it is. The recording is on both sides of the tape - the first being labelled "Repeat" and the second "DIgitally Remastered".
There is a 10 x 6.5cm, 10pp (single folded sheet) insert with a text on the work and five small b/w images of works shown in the exhibition including the pianist playing the sheet music transcribed from the original recording. This insert is signed in pencil by Monk and dated 2018. VG+.

HAND HELD GESTURE. 2017. WITH HAND APPLIED COLLAGE (PACKING TAPE). SIGNED BY MONK.

Vevey: Emergency, 2017
21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card which has an original collage made from brown packing tape on the front by Monk and verso gallery details. The card is signed on the reverse by Monk. VG+.

AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER/AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK. NORTH AMERICAN EDITION. 2017. ONE OF 50 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

Bruxelles: Paul + Wendy Productions, 2017 Two different printed envelopes - both DL - 10.5 x 23.5cm. The two have texts on the front - respectively AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER in red and AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK in blue. Each envelope has the other inside it. Signed and numbered by Monk and Lexier on the back from an edition of 50 examples. This is the North American" edition version where the envelopes differ in size from the "European" version.

MICAH LEXIER