UNTITLED (MAGAZINE TREES) XXIX. 2019. UNIQUE PAINTING ON DIGITAL PRINT.
33 x 20.3cm, digital print on paper with added watercolour and gouache. One of a series of works where Monk has recreated paintings by the arte povera artist Salvo who is known for his stylised tree paintings and painted them on digital print outs of scanned furniture adverts (objects made from trees as is the paper.) Unique. Signed by the artist.
PRESS RELEASE FOR EXHIBIT MODEL SIX – THE TEL AVIV VERSION. 2019.
NYC: Casey Kaplan, 2019
28 x 22cm, 1pp offset lithographic press release from the solo exhibition.
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NYC: Casey Kaplan, 2019
28 x 22cm, 12pp offset lithographic biography and exhibition list for Monk's artistic career. Very useful documentation.
BOTH VG+ in original white unprinted folder as released.
EXHIBIT MODEL SIX. THE TEL AVIV VERSION. 2019. SIGNED BY 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+.
UNTITLED (MILANESE SOFT DJ). 2020. SIGNED BY 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+.
THE CORNER OF A POSTCARD HELD OVER THE CORNER OF ANOTHER POSTCARD WITH A WHITE PAPER CLIP. 2020. ONE OF ONLY 16 SIGNED, DATED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.
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+.
THE CORNER OF A POSTCARD HELD OVER THE CORNER OF ANOTHER POSTCARD WITH A BLACK PAPER CLIP. 2020. ONE OF ONLY 16 SIGNED, DATED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.
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+.
LA AIR. 2020. SIGNED BY 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.
THE DE CHIRICO BAKERY CHEESE PIE 2020. 2020. SIGNED BY 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... from one organic material to another" and then made into a limited edition multiple.
The front of the card shows the bakery. The card is signed in pencil on the reverse. VG+.
UNTITLED (“WAS GOING TO THROW THESE OUT” 2020.
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+.
A DOUBLE HEADED COIN. 2020. ONE OF ONLY 90 NUMBERED COPIES.
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+.
Aidan Moffat, Lynda Morris, Ryan Gander
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS V NORMA MANGIONE GALLERY. 2020. SIGNED BY 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.
PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. VIENNA. 2020. HAND ADDRESSED & SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.
Berlin: Spike Art Magazine, 2005
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Viennese post box where the card was posted. One of a long series of similar cards sent from all over the world. This example is hand addressed to Paul Robertson by Monk and has been signed by Monk in ink on the reverse. VG+.
AN ORANGE FOR JOHN. 2020. UNIQUE TRIAL PRINT.
Berlin: s.p., 2020
30 x 21cm, digital output on Epson paper with an image of an orange in purple on the front and the word below ORANGE. The title of the work refers to John Baldessari who died in 2020 - the homage by Monk being a reflection of the way that Badessari used large circular patches of colour to hide faces and other significant parts of his photographic works. This is an unique trial print created by Monk for a future work and has a handwritten label on the back with the title and which is signed. VG+.
LA AIR. 2020 (PURPLE). UNIQUE TRIAL PRINT. SIGNED BY MONK
Berlin: s.p., 2020
30 x 21cm, digital output on Epson paper with a small colour image of a transparency slide - being a holiday photograph of someone (perhaps a Monk family member) in LA. The background in the slide is purple in this print. The title references Bruce Nauman's artist book LA Air.
This is an unique trial print created by Monk for a future work and has a handwritten label on the back with the title and which is signed. VG+.
LA AIR. 2020 (ORANGE). UNIQUE TRIAL PRINT. SIGNED BY MONK
Berlin: s.p., 2020
30 x 21cm, digital output on Epson paper with a small colour image of a transparency slide - being a holiday photograph of someone (perhaps a Monk family member) in LA. The background in the slide is orange in this print. The title references Bruce Nauman's artist book LA Air.
This is an unique trial print created by Monk for a future work and has a handwritten label on the back with the title and which is signed. There is also a yellow post-it note with "Further details to follow" in Monk's hand. VG+.
PURO E DISPOSTO A SALIRE A LE STELLE. 2020. SIGNED BY MONK.
Brescia: Galleria Massimo Minini, 2020
30 x 21cm, 2pp announcement on paper with die cut holes. Group show with a number of artists represented by holes for stellar objects with representative size indicating (perhaps by design) the importance of their work but also the theme of the night sky. Else text only in English on reverse where Monk has also signed this in pencil. VG+.
BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2020. SIGNED BY MONK.
Geneve: Blondeau & Cie, 2020 21 x 15cm, 4pp card with 21 x 15cm, 4pp black on red insert. A happy new year card issued by the gallery which reproduces Monk's Restaurant Drawing, (CW Drink) from 2020 on the front. This card is signed in pencil by Monk on the last page. VG+.
UNTITLED (DRAGON’S BLOOD ESSENCE RODIAL). 2021. UNIQUE PAINTING ON MAGAZINE PAGE.
30 x 22.3cm, found advertising page from a woman's magazine with added watercolour and gouache. One of a series of works where Monk has recreated paintings by the arte povera artist Salvo who is known for his stylised tree paintings and painted them on to either digital outputs or, as here, magazine pages. Unique. Unsigned by the artist who sent it to Paul Robertson as a gift and presumably forgot to sign the sheet. VG+.