Jonathan Monk
dal 6/5/2009 al 19/6/2009
Segnalato da
6/5/2009
Jonathan Monk
Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
"Appropriation is something I have used or worked with in my art since starting art school in 1987. At this time (and still now) I realised that being original was almost impossible, so I tried using what was already available as source material for my own work. By doing this I think I also created something original and certainly something very different to what I was re-presenting." (J. Monk)
Casey Kaplan is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of Jonathan Monk, “The Inflated Deflated”, opening May 7th.
“Appropriation is something I have used or worked with in my art since starting art school in 1987. At this time (and still now) I realised that being original was almost impossible, so I tried using what was already available as source material for my own work. By doing this I think I also created something original and certainly something very different to what I was re-presenting. I always think that art is about ideas, and surely the idea of an original and a copy of an original are two very different things.” – Jonathan Monk, 2009
In the late 1980’s, while Jonathan Monk began art school in Glasgow, Jeff Koons exhibited a highly polished stainless steel cast from an inflated, plastic, blow up Easter bunny, entitled “Rabbit”, 1986 at the Sonnabend Gallery in New York.
The “Rabbit” is an icon of its era. For Monk’s 6th solo exhibition in New York with the gallery, the artist will present his own version of Koons’ infamous rabbit in five different poses. Similarly cast in stainless steel, Monk’s bunnies are frozen moments in time that capture five different states of deflation of what was once the taut, inflated child’s toy. With each exhalation of air, the plastic bunny droops, folds, and eventually rests in an undulating heap, recalling one of Henry Moore’s classic bronze reclining nude sculptures.
A formal press release will accompany the exhibition, which will include other important new artworks.
It will be released two weeks prior to the opening on the 7th of May.
Image: Lust for Life II, 2006-07. Found book, graphite, Plexiglas 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 x 2-1/4''
For any artwork or press inquiries, please contact Loring Randolph, loring@caseykaplangallery.com.
Opening on the 7th of May 6 – 8pm
Casey Kaplan Gallery
525 West 21st Street - New York