Author Description

This catalogue will be published to accompany the ICA's forthcoming exhibition 'Jonathan Monk: Continuous Project Altered Daily', the first comprehensive survey of the British artist within the UK. This exhibition will feature over 60 artworks made between 1993 and 2005 including paintings, sculptures, installations, photography, as well as film and video works, and will provide an extensive overview of the artist's exceptionally prolific artistic practice. The title of the exhibition, taken from an artwork by US artist Robert Morris made in 1969, describes the concept behind the display of the works and its ever-changing form of presentation. An art storage will be installed in the Lower Gallery of the ICA containing all the artworks in the exhibition, while individual works, which will change on a daily basis, will be presented in the Upper Gallery. Consequently 'Continuous Project Altered Daily' will not only trace the development of Monk's practice through the sequence of different works, but, as a permanently transforming and changing exhibition, it will also challenge the static dynamics of traditional art presentation and interpretation.