Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Jonathan Monk | Restaurant Drawings exhibition

 








"In the month of July, Further Down the Line will present eight drawings by Jonathan Monk. Each drawing is part of the artist’s ongoing series of work titled ‘Restaurant Drawings’.

The works will be introduced at an irregular schedule through the month, in Further Down the Line’s exhibition space, located in the public waiting room of Aigburth Station, Liverpool and subsequently on its Instagram account @furtherdowntheline_ – at some time between the departure of the first train from the station at 6:14am and the last train at 23:44pm.

Starting in 2015, ‘Restaurant Drawings’ involves Monk collecting a receipt after a meal and later drawing a seminal artwork by an artist directly onto the thermal or paper receipt, often in graphite, pastel or watercolour. Artworks have included those by Donald Judd, Daniel Buren, David Hammons, Sol LeWitt, Christopher Wool, Barbara Kruger and Alighiero Boetti among many other iconic artists. The drawings are posted @monkpictures and are available for sale at the same price featured on the receipt – the cost of Monk’s meal – plus postage and packaging.

The works included in this exhibition depict different paintings from On Kawara’s ’Today’ series, known collectively as ‘Date Paintings’. As with other drawings in the series, they will be available for sale and buyers will be selected at random. Proceeds will help support Further Down the Line’s programme of exhibitions and engagement activities for 2025 and 2026."
- Further Down the Line press release

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