JOHN MONKS The Studio
JOHN MONKS The Studio
17 October - 15 November 2019
LONG & RYLE 4 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4PX t: +44 (0) 20 7834 1434 • e: gallery@long-and-ryle.com www.longandryle.com • tues – fri 10 – 5:30 sat 11– 2
JOHN MONKS The Studio
The words the ‘The Artist’s Studio’ conjure up an image of a space where creativity and it’s attendant ideas can be fleshed out and made visible. My own paintings can reflect the studio in a literal manner. For instance the way the light falls across a canvas can act as a prompt for the construction of the image. At the same time, it is somewhere that allows concentration on the painting to the exclusion of everything else, and to bring together the myriad number of small ideas and images that contribute to the final outcome. Other artists have been equally affected by the space they create in; the Belgian painter Ensor, whilst working on his painting, Christ’s Entry into Brussels, had to unroll and re-roll the canvas as he painted it, as the room was not large enough for him to work on it spread out. He therefore only saw the whole painting when he felt it completed and took it outside. The sculptor Brancusi in his later years spent the majority of his time rearranging his work within his studio in order to let the light affect and influence his impressions of his work. This exhibition is intended as always to be a fresh examination of the themes which preoccupy me, and my studio, both consciously and unconsciously, is ever present. John Monks, London, 2019
Echo 2019 oil on canvas 153 × 116 cm
Atelier 2019 oil on canvas 214 × 275 cm
Europe 2018/19 oil on paper 68 Ă— 88 cm
The Leopard 2018/19 oil on canvas 160 × 158 cm
Chamber 2018/19 oil on canvas 114 × 113 cm
Collection 2019 oil on canvas 159 × 183 cm
Legend 2019 oil on canvas 214 × 153 cm
Heat 2018/19 oil on canvas 186 × 160 cm
Borderland 2018/19 oil on paper 72 Ă— 97 cm
Nature 2019 oil on canvas 146 × 116 cm
JOHN MONKS / CURRICULUM VITAE Born 1954 Manchester. Studied at Liverpool College of Art and the Royal College of Art (1980). Lives and works in London. Selected Solo exhibitions 1981 Hull College of Art 1985 Paton Gallery, London 1989 Evidence, Cleveland & Bluecoat Galleries 1990 Paton Gallery, London 1991 New Work, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry 1992 Paton Gallery, London 1993 Manchester City Art Galleries 1994 Paton Gallery, London 1995 Beaux Arts, London 1996 Beaux Arts, London 1998 Beaux Arts, London 1999 Peter Findlay Gallery, New York 2002 Long & Ryle, London 2003 Peter Findlay Gallery, New York 2004 Long & Ryle, London 2005 Twenty Four Hours, Long & Ryle, London 2006 Crossings, Peter Findlay Gallery, New York. 2006 Spanning the River, The Guildhall, London 2007 Artificial Light, Long & Ryle, London 2008 Two Decades, Long & Ryle, London 2008 Domain, Long & Ryle, London 2009 Recent Works, Clare Hall College, Cambridge, UK 2009 Group Show, Peter Findlay Gallery, New York 2010 Recent Works, Long & Ryle, London 2013 Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK (Guest Lecturer Barber Institute) 2013 Day In Day Out, Long and Ryle, London 2013 10 Gresham Street, Long and Ryle in collaboration with VJB Arts, London 2017 Mirror Image, Long and Ryle, London 2018 60 Threadneedle Street, Long and Ryle in collaboration with VJB Arts, London 2019 The Studio, Long and Ryle, London Overseas Visits 1987 British Council sponsored artist, Strumica University, Yugoslavia 1990 Invited Artist in Residence, British Institute, Madrid, Spain 1990 Guest Lecturer at the Queen’s Museum, New York 1992 Guest lecture tour of USA: - Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven‚ Connecticut - Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee - Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 1995 Guest lecturer, Tate Britain, London 2001 Guest Lecturer at The School, The Art Institute of Chicago Public Collections Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Yale Center for British Art, New Haven Victoria & Albert Museum, London Calouste-Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon Arts Council of Great Britain Manchester City Art Gallery, UK Contemporary Arts Society, London British Institute, Madrid Santa Barbara Museum, California Cleveland Gallery, Middlesborough, UK Bangor University, Bangor, North Wales
Additional Information 2018 Invited by the British Council to discuss the Gallen Kallela exhibition at the National Gallery, London 2018 Chosen by the Department of Education, UK as an artist for study for GCSE art A monograph on the artist with an introduction by Jasper Sharp was published in 2008 by the Penchant Press. © Paintings by John Monks Photography of works by A. C. Cooper The artist in his studio, photo by Joe Monks Designed by Graham Rees
LONG & RYLE 4 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4PX t: +44 (0) 20 7834 1434 • e: gallery@long-and-ryle.com www.longandryle.com • tues – fri 10 – 5:30 sat 11– 2