is a series dedicated to objects, artworks, garments, exhibitions, and all orders of things that we are into—and there really isn’t a lot more to it than that. Today: Mat Ferraro investigates the trash-turned-treasure receipts of contemporary artist Jonathan Monk.
Crumpled into tiny balls, jammed in our back pockets, strewn in little piles around the perimeters of trash cans: receipts are everywhere, and yet their artistic potential has been largely ignored. Berlin-based artist Jonathan Monk, however, has adopted them as his own personal canvases, transforming the mundane objects into re-creations of contemporary art masterpieces.
in New York and available for purchase, for the price of the meal indicated on the receipt and the cost of framing.