JONATHAN MONK, Dada Necklace, 2012
MDF, brass plated steel chain, silver spray paint on cardboard
73 x 37 cm / 9,4 x 10,3 cm, chaîne: 90 cm
edition 100
produced by Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
With this piece it seems that Jonathan Monk responded to the Dada bracelet of his French collegue Claude Closky who is known for making Appropriation art using advertising, fashion and commodity items. Closky made a fashionable bracelet ‘Dada DIY’ referring to the protest movement Dada, as well as to a fashion brand like Prada, making his bracelet into a kind of double Appropriation art. Jonathan Monk is known for recycling ideas of established artists and probably in turn decided to make his own necklace out of the four letters with chain, as a triple appropriated art work.
History of prices:
Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France € 150,- October 2012
JONATHAN MONK, It’s a Newspaper, 2012
68 x 45 cm
3 newspapers, available in pink, red or blue, 16 pp.
published by Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
“It’s a Newspaper” was first distributed during the opening of “It’s a Circus,” Jonathan Monk’s exhibition at Yvon Lambert in Paris from March 10 – April 8 2012. The newspaper explains the origin of Monk’s project through a series of photographs. For his exhibition at Yvon Lambert Monk presented 23 monochromatic paintings that were installed by a circus troop following a precise choreography dictated by the artist. What happened in the main room of the gallery was documented with 23 photographs to be on show in the second room.
History of prices:
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France € 3,- each, November 2012
JONATHAN MONK, Untitled, 2012
tote bag: print on canvas, incl. catalogue ‘We Showed’ 2012
signed by Jonathan Monk & Axel Haubrok
edition 100
published by Haubrok Edition, Berlin, Germany
JONATHAN MONK, Bin ich immer noch lustig?, 2012
21 x 14,6 cm
colour stencil print, metal archive staples
36 pages, hand numbered
edition 250
published by Quick Magazine, Berlin, Germany
Jonathan Monk is known for appropriating artworks of others. Here on 36 pages he has translated several Joke Paintings of Richard Prince in an apparently linguistically twisted German translation. The first joke ‘I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name’ on page one of this publication is translated by Monk into: ‘Ich hatte nie einen Pfennig, so dass ich meinen Namen geändert.’
History of prices:
The Land of Nod, Ostend, Belgium July 2023 € 35,-
Motto, Berlin, Germany, July 2018 € 15,-
Quick Magazine, Berlin, Germany, November 2012 € 7,- (year of issue)
JONATHAN MONK, Grey/Gray, 2012
two 7” vinyl records, sleeves,
numbered on certificate with finger prints of grey paint
edition 100
signed
mint
published by CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, USA
€ 360,- plus € 20,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Within each edition copy Grey/Gray one of the two records is visually unique.
Side A is the sound of black paint being mixed with white. Side B is the sound of white paint being mixed with black.
One is in a black sleeve and the other one in a white sleeve, housed within a clear plastic sleeve with a printed sticker and a small offset printed certificate signed in pencil and painted with grey (English spelling) or gray (USA spelling) finger prints.
JONATHAN MONK, My Height in Yellow Highlighter Pen, 2010
10 x 15 cm
yellow marker, postcard
series of unique hand drawn cards
edition 59 + 10 AP
signed
published by Haubrok Edition, Berlin, Germany
€ 285,- plus € 20,- registered mail Track & Trace
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Jonathan Monk’s both ‘My Height in Blue Ballpoint Pen’ (2003) and ‘My Height in Yellow Highlighter Pen’ (2010) fused the portable character of a postcard with the practice of marking one’s changing height on a wall. The postcards should be installed on any wall with the pen line 178 cm above the floor.
Extra information:
Previously in 2003 Jonathan Monk made this multiple for the Lisson Gallery in London:
JONATHAN MONK, My Height in Blue Ballpoint Pen, 2003
10 x 15 cm
postcard, byro ink
series of unique hand drawn cards
edition 200
signed, dated
published by Lisson Gallery, London, England
This card reads: Install this card on any wall with the line six feet above the floor.
JONATHAN MONK, Jonathan Monk Shops at Art Metropole, 2008
36 x 20 x 12 cm
screen print, paper shopping bag
edition 50, signed, numbered
published by Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
€ 120,- plus € 20,- registered mail Track & Trace
For purchase ad CD$ 50.- visit https://artmetropole.com/shop/4480
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JONATHAN MONK, White square with piece missing, 2008
48 x 36 cm
offset print
edition 100
signed and numbered
published by Mousse Magazine, Milan, Italy
JONATHAN MONK, My Height in Blue Ballpoint Pen, 2003
10 x 15 cm
yellow marker, postcard
series of unique cards, edition 200, signed, dated
published by Lisson Gallery, London, England
Jonathan Monk’s both ‘My Height in Blue Ballpoint Pen’ (2003) melds the portable character of a postcard with the practice of marking one’s changing height on an unmovable wall. The postcard should be installed on any wall with the line six feet above the floor.
History of prices:
Lisson Gallery, London, England, price in year of issue GBP 35.-
JONATHAN MONK, My Mother Cleaning My Father’s Piano, 2001
vinyl 7 inch, A side 1’20”, B side 0’34”
edition 200; some copies are signed, some have an original photograph on the cover, signed verso.
