Senza titolo
Subtitle: Jonathan Monk
By: with texts by Alastair Sooke, Mirta d'Argenzio, Jonathon Monk & Luca Cerizza
Contributors: Sooke, Alastair; D'Argenzio, Mirta; Cerizza, Luca; Lisson Gallery (London, England)
Series: Lisson Gallery catalogue -- 62; Lisson Gallery publication -- no. 62.
Publisher: Lisson Gallery
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9780947830403
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Jonathan Monk :
Description: For his Lisson Gallery Milan exhibition, Monk turns his gaze to Graeco-Roman art. Inspired by the Italian setting for the show, he has had his own head painstakingly sculpted and cast in Jesmonite polished to resemble marble. Five identical, fractionally larger than life-size busts have been created. With stylised hair and an imperious gaze, they resemble the idealised portrait statuary of ancient Rome. Each bust is placed on a high plinth and stares down at the spectator. The figure of each artist appears exalted but this is not a simple exercise in egotism.
Notes: "Published by Lisson Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition: Jonathan Monk: Senza Titolo, 23 May-19 July 2013, Lisson Gallery, Milan"--Colophon.

Text in English and Italian.