LAQNDS END ENGLAND/JOHN O’GROATS SCOTLAND. 2005.
London: ICA, 2005
35 x 32cm, black silkscreen on cream cotton. A "meeting" work by Monk supposedly in the UK - at opposite ends of the country only 24 hours apart forcing anyone attending to travel over 600 miles in a very short timescale. One of a number of such bags issued during the three month exhibition "Continuous Project Altered Daily". Slightly faded but else VG+.
NW CORNER SUNSET BLVD & VINE ST HOLLYWOOD. 2005.
London: ICA, 2005
35 x 32cm, black silkscreen on cream cotton. A "meeting" work by Monk supposedly in the USA - at one of the most famous of intersections in Hollywood. One of a number of such bags issued during the three month exhibition "Continuous Project Altered Daily". Slightly faded but else VG+.
THE SURPRISE. 2005.
Edinburgh: Show and Tell Editions, 2005 Found 7 inch single 45rpm record with specially printed label and white cover. The record is one of 100 different pop singles mostly from the 1980s - with some of the records by well known artists and others not. The re-labelling of the record by Monk means that the purchaser will not know what the original record is (unless they recognise it or do some research) - thus the 'surprise'. One of 100 copies each signed and numbered by Monk in pencil on the white outer cover. Each record is obviously unique within the edition.
PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. 2005. MEXICO CITY.
San Francisco: S.p. (Monk), 2005.
15 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Mexican post box One of a series of similar conceptual mail art works by Monk where the card is meant to be posted from the same postbox. This example si unmailed but has the city name written on the back in pencil by Monk. VG+.
CONTINUOUS PROJECT ALTERED DAILY. 4TH NOVEMBER 2005.
London: ICA, 2005
21 x 15cm, 4pp. One of a series of exhibition catalogues which changed daily as Monk insisted that the daily list of items in the exhibition should change with a small number of works being replaced (rotated) from a storeroom of his works held elsewhere on a daily basis. Hence each "daily diary" was different from the next. All fine.
A NUMBER OF HAND WRITTEN NOTES AND ADDRESSED ENVELOPES 2005 – 2017.
A small collection of handwritten notes and envelopes written by Monk to Paul Robertson with instructions for the mailing of cards and other short greetings.
CONTINUOUS PROJECT ALTERED DAILY. GALLERY GUIDE 2005.
London: ICA, 2005
21 x 15cm, 4pp. The gallery guide (printed black on grey unlike the changing daily handouts in blue) for an exhibition which changed daily as Monk insisted that the daily list of items in the exhibition should change with a small number of works being replaced (rotated) from a storeroom of his works held elsewhere on a daily basis. Fine.
CONTINUOUS PROJECT ALTERED DAILY. 12TH NOVEMBER 2005.
London: ICA, 2005
21 x 15cm, 4pp. One of a series of exhibition catalogues which changed daily as Monk insisted that the daily list of items in the exhibition should change with a small number of works being replaced (rotated) from a storeroom of his works held elsewhere on a daily basis. Hence each "daily diary" was different from the next. All fine.
PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. EDINBURGH. 2005. SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.
Edinburgh: Show & Tell Editions, 2005
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of the British Royal Mail post box (located on Edinburgh's Royal Mile) from which the card will be posted to the purchaser. First release of 200 unnumbered cards - each card is signed verso by Monk and postmarked from Edinburgh. One of a series of similar conceptual mail art works by Monk. This example is addressed to Paul Robertson.
COMMERCIAL POSTCARD WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM MONK TO PAUL ROBERTSON. 2003.
Commercial Colorscope postcard displaying Kings Canyon National Park in Calefornia and the General grant Tree (the "nation's Christmas tree") sent to Paul Robertson at Xmas 2005 from Jonathan Monk with a handwritten note on the back in pencil "Dear Paul/Let me know if any of this is of interest/until then/JM". JOINT: A hand addressed (by Monk) airmail envelope.
CONTINUOUS PROJECT ALTERED DAILY. 2005. SIGNED BY MONK.
London/Frankfurt: Institute of Contemporary Arts/ Revolver, 2005
23.5 x 17cm, 166pp plus boards. Exhibition catalogue for Monk's long running exhibition in the ICA where every day the works on display were changed. The book has a complete list of all the works in the show (but not necessarily always on display) - the daily additions to the work are illustrated in b/w and other works in colour. VG+. This book is signed in pencil by Monk on the title page.
MERRY MONK. 2006. ONE OF 66 SIGNED & NUMBERED BOTTLES.
Rosebery: Stahlemuhle, 2006
30 x 10 x 8cm, two part thick cardboard display box with label content of a 0.51L bottle of clear bottle of schnapps with printed label and straw.
The bottle label denotes the liquor as "Merry Monk" and has the date February 4th 1969 and REST IN PEACE on it - the whole being a remembrance of the artist's father who died while Monk was a young man. His father seemingly liked a drink - hence the Merry Monk of the name.
This is one of only 66 such bottles produced and signed with Monk's signature "Until then/Jonathan Monk" on the bottle label and numbered.
VG condition although there is very slight staining to the label and the box and the cheap box staples are somewhat rusted over time - but a scarce object multiple.
YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW ETC. 2006. SIGNED BY MONK WITH POST-IT NOTE.
Hannover: Kunst Verein Hannover, 2006
10 x 21cm, 6pp. Announcement card for a solo show with one work (an upside down bicycle) illustrated plus gallery texts. This example is signed by Monk and additionally has a white post-it note added "Dear Paul 2 more cards with thanks JM" (a reference to Postcards Posted from Post Box Pictures which Monk had asked Paul Robertson to post from the box on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. VG+.
JOINT:
Hand addressed by Monk postal envelope.
YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW ETC.. 2006. HAND SIGNED BY MONK.
Hannover: Kunstverein, 2006
26.5 x 22cm, 154pp. Boards with a design by Monk. Exhibition catalogue which is also in part a catalogue raisonne of original and multiple works. Colour illustrations throughout. Designed by Monk. This copy is unusually signed on the back cover of the hardback binding in felt tip pen within the drawing of Monk's hand. Fine.
A WALL OF LIGHTS WITHOUT SOUND OR WALL OF SOUND WITHOUT LIGHTS PIECE. 2006.
Berlin: Herausgeber, 2006
11 x 18cm, 16pp (self cover). Installation catalogue for a major public work by Monk where he used the major electronic advertising screens at Potsdamer Platz in berlin - the images being of Freddy Mercury - and the sound being Bohemian Rhapsody. There are b/w images of the work and one colour portrait of Monk. Text in German.
The last page of the brochure has a slight closed tear else VG.
BAS JAN ADER. 2006. WITH FOREWORD – SIGNED BY MONK.
London: Camden Arts Center, 2006
21 x 15cm, 8pp plus card covers (which have tabs and metal hinges for storage). Exhibition catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of the work of the Dutch conceptual artist. There are 6 works reproduced in b/w and colour.
The catalogue has a text written by Jonathan Monk as foreword about Ader.
The catalogue is signed in pencil by Monk on the inside first page. VG+.
