Lynn Valley #3 / The reason why I am here is the reason why I am here
by Jonathan Monk now available
17.8 x 24 cm
Softcover
edition of 1300
colour cover and inner pages
Jonathan Monk (b. Leicester, England 1969), explores legacies of conceptual art practice in installations, photography, film, sculpture and performance, often marrying his interests in canonical artworks from the 1960s and 70s with wry references to personal autobiography.
The reason why I am here is the reason why I am here is a 48-page bookwork featuring crude amateur photographs of pop singer Morrissey performing at a recent concert in Berlin. Taken by an audience member, the photographs are mirrored on each verso page of the publication. The result acts as a fan’s tribute to legacies drawn from 80s popular music and 60s visual art, while creating a series of photographic “Rorschachs” whose formal inventiveness grows from the simplicity of their source.
Twenty-six copies of Lynn Valley #3 feature a special limited edition gatefold Morrissey album (You Are the Quarry, published by Attack/Sanctuary Records in May 2004) redesigned by Monk with a silk-screened addition on front cover and a mirror addition (mounted) on the inner right gatefold. The edition includes a certificate signed and lettered A to Z by the artist.
Lynn Valley is an ongoing publication series edited by contemporary artists.
Copies of Lynn Valley #1, by Richard Prince, and Lynn Valley #2 / Kleenex Mathematics, by Johannes Wohnseifer are also available for purchase.
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lynnvalley@presentationhousegall.com or bywaterbros@gmail.com
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