Jonathan Monk - Sol LeWitt Rules
Jonathan Monk - Sol LeWitt Rules
| Author | Vittoria Bonifati ed. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Viaindustriae |
| ISBN | 9791281790070 |
| Idea Code | 24499 |
Jonathan Monk's first show with Yvon Lambert’s Paris gallery was in 1997, and the artist continued working with him until the gallery closed in 2014. In the early 2000s, Yvon gave Monk a ruler stamped with the initials "SL," explaining that Sol LeWitt had left it behind after installing a show twenty years earlier. This 30 cm ruler inspired a publication and an edition of 100 ceramic rulers documented in it. Jonathan Monk’s rulers are not straight, lack numbers and lines, and each one is slightly different from the next. The process used is extrusion, manually pushing clay through a metal profile made to match the original ruler given to the artist by Yvon Lambert. Sol LeWitt Rules was produced at the historic ceramic workshop La Gioconda in Deruta, which collaborated with Sol LeWitt in the 1980s on ceramic plates and tiles. The book includes 100 photographs of the 100 rulers made for Jonathan Monk’s exhibition "SL" at the Torre Bonomo in Spoleto. The faster you flick through it, the quicker it moves.
| 208 p, ills bw, 10 x 21 cm, pb, English |
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