JONATHAN MONK. 2010.
Berlin : BW, 2000.
21 x 15cm, 32pp plus wrappers. A single issue of the BQ magazine (nr 13) dedicated to Monk which consists of a series of colour photographs of a Monk book exhibition opposite to a sex store EROTICA in Berlin. The images on the front of the book show the store and the exhibition - the images at the back of the book show images from the sex shop. Both reflect each other because the two buildings share a mirrored structure. VG+.
JONATHAN MONK. 2010. DOUBLE SIGNED BY MONK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CARD.
Berlin: BQ, 2010
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp, Announcement card for exhibition and book launch - the two sides of the card are both typographic but on the back Monk has mirrored the front of the card. Additionally Monk has signed both sides of the card in pencil but on the back his signature is approximately in reverse also. Unique thus due to the signatures. VG+.
SOMEWHERE SOON. 2010. ONE OF 40 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.
Paris: Alice Traval & FLorence Loewy, 2010
120 x 150cm, white silkscreen on green cotton. The text reads
A TIME
&
A PLAVE
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE
The work is banner and flag at the same time although the instruction is to pin the work to the wall rather than fly it on a pole. A reference to the work of conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner, the banner's text is also a "meeting" text - suggesting a generalised description of a place and time.
This is one of 40 examples alongside 10 artist's proofs - each signed and numbered on a separate paper certificate. In original 23 x 36 x 4cm two part heavy cardboard box with tipped on printed label. VG+.
HI JONATHAN TO CATALOGUE A4 FORMAT…. SIGNED BY MONK.
n.p.: n.p., n.d.
38 x 34cm, black silkscreen on cream cotton plus handles. The text is from an email from "Axel" seemingly about a technical issue in printing but on reading it is hard to follow and seems wrong. On one side of the bag is it printed in reverse (mirrored) white on black and on the other the text while the right way round is heavily broken up. Both sides are very difficult to read.. Slightly faded but else VG+. This example is signed by Monk in black felt tipped pen on the reversed side. Edition size not known.
GHOST RIDER. 2010.
Tel Aviv: Dvir Gallery, 2010
15 x 21cm, 2pp printed announcement card with an image of a woman cycling with two bikes (one being empty) and with a striped scarf. The "ghost rider" of the title presumably indicating the empty seat. But the references of duality (two bikes) and the striped scarf are Boetti and Buren. Text in reverse in Hebrew. VG+.
A POSTER PROJECT. 2011. TEN POSTERS & ONE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. EDITION OF 45 SETS.
Manchester/Birmingham: Booksworks/Eastside Projects, 2011 Ten wall offset lithograph posters (each 84.1 x 59.4cm) by Jonathan Monk based on instructions supplied by the artist and one 20.3 x 15.2cm, b/w photograph of Martin Kippenberger (taken from one of the posters) which is signed and numbered from the edition on the back. Monk supplied six vintage (original) artist's posters to the publisher. Each location (from a tour of the exhibition) starting in Birmingham was told to fly-post two of the vintage posters on a site of their choosing and then immediately photographed. An additional vintage Daniel Buren stripe poster was also fly-posted and the image rephotographed six times so that the image slowly fades in each subsequent poster. Ultimately the full set of 10 "new" posters were produced. Only 45 sets of these posters and the photograph were signed and numbered as an edition although a number of "non-signed" and "non-editioned" posters were also released. The posters were situated as follows: Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2011 Daniel Buren Bas Jan Ader Motto/Chert, Berlin, 2011 Daniel Buren Martin Kippenberger Spike Island, Bristol, 2011 Daniel Buren Richard Long White Columns, New York, 2011 Daniel Buren John Baldessari The Showroom and Space, London, 2012 Daniel Buren Pop Art in England Additionally there are two 30 x 21cm 1pp offset sheets with the background information and instructions for the work. VG+ in original mailing tube.
BALANCED ACTS. 2011.
Berlin: Meyer Riegger, 2011 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card for a joint show with Ariel Schlesinger. The front of the card shows a colour image (used by Monk on another earlier show) of a cyclist with two bikes (referencing Boetti) and with a blue striped scarf (referencing Buren). Verso gallery details. VG+.
Ariel Schlesinger
YOUR NAME HERE. 2011. WITH ORIGINAL INK DRAWING ON BACK. SIGNED BY MONK.
NYC: Casey Kaplan, 2011
10.5 x 15cm, 1pp typographic design announcement card. This card is signed by Monk on the back in pencil but more importantly has an original ink drawing by Monk of a gravestone with the text "YOUR NAME HERE" on it. VG+. Unique.
JONATHAN MONK, ARTIST. BUSINESS CARD. 2016. SIGNED BY MONKON THE REVERSE.
N.p. (Berlin): s.p. (monk), n.d. (2016)
5.5 x 8.5cm, 1pp business card with the artist's name, and date and place of birth (1969 Leicester, England) printed on it and a space for the artist's date of death left blank. This card is a form of momento mori. Signed on the back by pencil by Monk.
PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. MELBOURNE. 2011. HAND ADDRESSED & SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.
n.p. (Melbourne): Accaonline, 2011
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Melbourne 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+.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK. 2011. ONE OF 250 SIGNED & NUMBERED COPIES.
Paris: One Star Books, 2011
22.5 x 14cm, 150pp plus card covers. Artist's book where the front cover has the letter B and the back cover has the K and in between each page (150 of them) has the letter O.
One of 250 signed and numbered examples. VG+
THE MAKING OF TEN POSTERS TEN LANGUAGES TEN COLOURS TEN WORDS TEN EUROS. 2011. WITH UNIQUE ORIGINAL POLAROID. SIGNED BY MONK.
Paris: Yvon Lambert, 2011
17 x 12cm, unpaginated plus card covers. Photographic artist’s book which reproduces images of the making of the edition based on photographs taken by the printers of the entire process. This is one of only 50 each unique numbered copies which has a 11 x 9cm original polaroid colour photograph (here of the typesetting). Rare.
THE MAKING OF TEN POSTERS TEN LANGUAGES TEN COLOURS TEN WORDS TEN EUROS. 2011. WITH UNIQUE ORIGINAL POLAROID. SIGNED BY MONK.
Paris: Yvon Lambert, 2011
17 x 12cm, unpaginated plus card covers. Photographic artist’s book which reproduces images of the making of the edition based on photographs taken by the printers of the entire process. This is one of only 50 each unique numbered copies which has a 11 x 9cm original polaroid colour photograph (here of the typesetting). Rare.
