Jonathan Monk

Jonathan Monk (* 1969 in Leicester ) is a British artist .

Life

Jonathan Monk studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1988 to 1991 and has lived in Berlin since 1999.

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Monk deals with the autonomy demands of conceptual art and minimalism of the 1960s and 1970s, i.e. with artists such as Sol LeWitt , Daniel Buren , On Kawara and Alighiero Boetti . He often reinterprets and counteracts works and models from 20th century art history. His works are mostly to be seen as art about art, in which the most diverse media such as photography, film, performance, video, sculpture, mail art and the use of everyday means of production and communication acquire conceptual significance.

Works

• 2006 A Wall of Lights Without Sound or Wall of Sound Without Lights Piece. Jonathan Monk changed with Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen one of the most popular videos of music history and projected it on the light and media installation SPOTS in Berlin in different variations.
• 2004 This painting should ideally be hung near a Sol LeWitt.
• 1995–1997 Waiting for famous people.

Web links

• Jonathan Monk at artfacts.net
• "A Wall of Lights Without Sound or Wall of Sound Without Lights Piece" on the SPOTS media facade.
• "Art Expedition Berlin" - short film: through Berlin with Jonathan Monk (June 2009)