Old Berlin Posters

About

With a tongue-in-cheek approach, Jonathan Monk humorously combines Appropriation Art with autobiographical elements. Referring to earlier exhibition and book projects, Monk is showing a paper work conceived especially for einBuch.haus, which will be realized both as a wall installation and as an artistís book. In this project, Jonathan Monk refers to the publication OLD VIENNA POSTERS by Martin Kippenberger, published by the Grazer Kunstverein in 1992. Kippenbergerís book is composed of a poster board divided into A4 pages, originally on view in Graz, which in turn depicts the space of a Viennese bar with advertising posters.

For the artistsí book and exhibition OLD BERLIN POSTERS Monk uses his own collection of German movie posters as a direct reference to Kippenbergerís series Dear Painter, Paint Me (1981). For the series, Kippenberger had had photographs painted by a then unknown movie poster painter named Werner. Monk took this as an opportunity to visit a movie poster gallery in Berlin and collect all the movie posters from the period 1979-1981 that were available there at that moment. These 18 posters purchased by Monk could in turn also have been painted by Werner for Berlin cinemas, and are thus indirectly connected to Kippenbergerís project. Monk appropriates Kippenbergerís concept and uses the posters to produce a book and show a room-sized wall installation at einBuch.haus. 

Thus, Jonathan Monkís performative exploration presents an exciting continuation for the exhibition concept ìA Book in the Form of an Exhibitionî at einBuch.haus.

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Jonathan Monk (*1969, Leicester, lives and works in Berlin.)

I ♥ books & posters 

Berlin 2023

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OLD BERLIN POSTERS

Jonathan Monk

Exhibition // September 7 - October 14, 2023

Vernissage // Thurs, September 7, 2023, 18 - 21 hr

Venue

einBuch.haus, Florastraße 61, 13187 Berlin 

Opening times

Tue + Wed 11 - 15 hr 

Thu + Fri 11 - 18 hr

Sat 11 - 16 hr

info@einBuch.haus

www.einBuch.haus

@einbuch.haus