2022
20 copies
Signed and numbered

36 pages
30,5×30,5 cm (closed)
12×12 in.

Black Indian ink on paper
Silkscreened cover
Slipcase

2050 €

For “BLACK SABBATH”, a limited edition volume published at Three Star Books, Jonathan Monk has decided to throw a BLACK SABBATH fan tee shirt, soaked in black Indian Ink, onto paper. The stained sheets were then folded as pages to compose a book.

With this simple and direct gesture, Monk connects with the history of action painting: from the Gutai group, Yves Klein’s Anthropometry Performances to Nikki de Saint Phalle’s series of “tirs à la carabine”…
As all artistic performance that produces a trace or a souvenir of its own action, Jonathan Monk’s “Black Sabbath” and “Heavy Metal Paintings” are very expressive, delicate and seductive. The viewer projects in  “Black Sabbath” and “Heavy Metal Paintings” its very own experience and knowledge of heavy metal music and its inherent roughness and power as well as the history of action painting.

“BLACK SABBATH” by Jonathan Monk is a tribute to the great band that fueled the artist’s youth with raw power. Keith McMillan and The Bloomsbury Group created the iconic cover and logo of the revered album “Master Of Reality”. Monk is a fan for eternity.

All books are unique due to the production process.