Category Archives: MONK, JONATHAN



JONATHAN MONK, Bin ich immer noch lustig?, 2012

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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

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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

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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, My Height in Blue Ballpoint Pen, 2003

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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.-