Douglas Gordon - Unoriginal Sins

09 Jul TAKE ME (I’M YOURS). 2015. WITH ORIGINAL ADHESIVE STICKERS.

Posted at 14:13h in EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Paris: Dilecta Editions, 2015
30 x 22cm, 64pp plus card covers. Additionally there are seven 30 x 22cm, 1pp sheets of adhesive stickers with one work by each of the participating artists. The exhibition catalogue of a exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Christian Boltanski at the Monnaie de Paris where all of the works were available for the visitors to take home (at least in part). Boltanski's contribution was a dispersion of second hand clothing in printed paper bags.
Other artists included James Lee Byars, Gilbert & George, Jeremy Deller, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Holler, Jonathan Horowitz, Gustav Metzger, Philippe Parreno, Yoko Ono and others.
The catalogue also acted as a sticker album - the colour stickers on the sheets being expected to be peeled off and places in the correct space in the book. This copy retains all of the stickers on the original sheets and is VG+.

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06 Nov AL GATTO NERO. 2010.

Posted at 21:21h in Jonathan Monk

Torino:Galleria Sonia Rosso, 2010
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp, Announcement card for a joint show with Douglas Gordon - a mailed and stampld example which is addressed to Monk himself.

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29 Aug FRIENDS ELECTRIC. 2010. BEER MAT OBJECT MULTIPLE.

Posted at 23:26h in Jonathan Monk

Basel: Little and Large Editions, 2010
11cm dia black on white beer mat with a design by Monk and Gordon. Unlimited edition. VG+.

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01 Jun LITTLE & LARGE. 2009.

Posted at 10:49h in Jonathan Monk

Berlin: Little & Large Editions, 2009
9.5 x 9.5cm, full colour adhesive sticker with an image of the British comedy duo Little & Large which were popular in the 1980s. Monk has used their image to promote Little & Large Editions which he formed with Douglas Gordon to produce works for sale that are both little and large. Unused VG+.

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02 May 3RD PLACE A CHILDREN’S COLOURING BOOK BY RICHARD PRINCE. (JONATHAN MONK ON RICHARD PRINCE FOR RICHARD HAMILTON ON MARCEL DUCHAMP). UNIQUE BOOK 2009.

Posted at 02:30h in Jonathan Monk

27.5 x 21.5cm, unpaginated (80pp approx) plus card covers. An appropriated artist's book designed by Richard Prince and published by Koenig Books in Koln in London in 2008.
The book is a "colouring-in" children's book with drawing by Prince. Monk has here coloured-in the vast majority of the pages of the drawings using crayon and pencil as well as blue biro pen and, moreover, has added to the drawings in places. The book is signed on the front cover. Attached to the very front cover is a post-it note from Monk which states in his own handwriting "JONATHAN MONK ON RICHARD PRINCE FOR RICHARD HAMILTON ON MARCEL DUCHAMP" - a note that is relevant as the book was an agreed swap between Paul Robertson and Jonathan Monk in return for a work by Richard Hamilton who had adapted an appropriated photograph of Marcel Duchamp and republished it as an editioned poster-print with added embellishments.
This is an unique artist's book by the neo-conceptualist who particularly admires Richard Prince. Fine condition.

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12 Jan YOU’LL GET A BANG OUT OF THIS. 2001. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 10:37h in Jonathan Monk

Copenhagen: Galleri Nicolai Wallner, 2001
42 x 30cm, full colour exhibition poster with an appropriated image of a 60s or 50s glamour girl holding a balloon with the title text of the exhibition on it. A joint show with Monk's friend Douglas Gordon. Folded for shipping. Signed by boldly by Monk in blue felt tipped pen. VG+.

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14 Nov HAPPY HOURS. 1998.

Posted at 19:24h in EPHEMERA

Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1998 10 x 21cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show of works by Pierre Bismuth, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Douglas Gordon and Lawrence Weiner. VG+. ...

20 Nov FUSE. 1993. ONE OF MONK’S FIRST EVER EXHIBITIONS.

Posted at 21:24h in Jonathan Monk

Glasgow: Fuse Project, 1993
15.5 x 11 x 1cm, printed colour folder content of 40 different artist designed cards by those Glaswegian artists who had studios in the Fuse Project building in Bridgeton. The artists includes some very famous names - Martin Boyce, Douglas Gordon, Emma Kay, Ross Sinclair, Simon Starling and Monk. Each card was different but Monk has a self-portrait made up as Gene Simmons from Kiss in full make-up. A very early work by the artist. One additional card with background to the project. The cards are all in VG+ condition but the printed folder is a bit worn and aged. Rare.

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