Name: The Reason Why I Am Here Is the Reason Why I Am Here
Author: Jonathan Monk
ISBN: 9780920293744

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The Reason Why I Am Here Is the Reason Why I Am Here

Photographer
Jonathan Monk
Publisher

Presentation House Gallery
ISBN

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Publication Year

2007
Edition

First edition (edition of 1300)

Staple-bound pictorial softcover Paperback English 48 pages 17.8 x 24.0 cm 0.136 kg

Description

The Reason Why I Am Here Is the Reason Why I Am Here is the third installment in the ongoing Lynn Valley artist book series. In this volume, British conceptual artist Jonathan Monk utilizes a series of 24 amateur snapshots taken by a fan during a Morrissey concert in Berlin. By mirroring each photograph on its opposite page, Monk transforms raw concert documentation into a series of symmetrical “Rorschach” tests. This formal intervention invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between the idol and the spectator, turning crude fan photography into a sophisticated investigation of spatial perception and the legacies of 1960s visual art.

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